The Fair Share Report

58 Wright St

Newark, NJ 07114

The town corrects for market drift once a year — but only on average. This report measures whether this house drifted with the herd or away from it.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $542,143

Likely range $425,166 – $743,040, from 12 comparable Newark sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,024 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

40.69%

The state's official measure of how far Newark assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $542,143 home should be assessed near $220,598.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$273,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $52,802 above what the ratio math suggests (23.9%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Newark home

$3.999 per $100 assessed

$1.162 Schools · 29% $0.519 County · 13% $2.318 Town · 58%

Step 5 · The bill

$10,933/yr
Public schools$3,177
Essex County$1,419
Town of Newark$6,337
Newark average$7,640

This home vs. every recent Newark sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 33.7%
This home · 50.4%

18%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Newark's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
601 S 18TH ST2026-03$200,00019.0%
134 LITTLETON AVE2025-10$550,0004.8%
64 KOSSUTH ST2025-10$585,0002,06628.6%
176C PARKER ST2025-04$840,0001,94220.6%
223 2ND ST2025-03$565,0002,04234.4%
102 ORATON ST2025-08$405,0001,92831.2%
232 SHERMAN AVE2026-05$540,0002,01636.1%
92 JEFFERSON ST2025-12$710,0001,93428.8%
368 ELM ST2026-04$817,0002,18022.5%
22 ELM ST2025-04$695,0007.2%
106 S 11TH ST2026-06$400,0001,94336.3%
31 5TH ST2025-09$175,00010.6%

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