The Fair Share Report

596 3rd St

Newark, NJ 07107

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

≈ $618,571

Likely range $537,745 – $663,583, from 12 comparable Newark sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $618,571 home should be assessed near $251,697.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$262,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $10,703 above what the ratio math suggests (4.3%).

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

$10,493/yr
Public schools$3,049
Essex County$1,362
Town of Newark$6,082
Newark average$7,640

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

Town median 33.7%
This home · 42.4%

18%58%

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%
102 S 12TH ST2026-02$650,0002,68822.8%
209 5TH ST2025-01$550,0002,67240.6%
152 S 10TH ST2026-05$547,0002,77145.6%
60 VERMONT AVE2026-02$760,0002,67719.9%
618 N 7TH ST2025-01$50,00064.8%
18 WILLOUGHBY ST2025-02$515,0002,64955.9%
286 N 6TH ST2025-03$750,0002,64727.2%
74 BEVERLY ST2025-03$540,0002,66762.5%
165 SHERMAN AVE2025-08$595,0002,60035.0%
125 PARK AVE2025-09$540,0002,62725.4%

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