The Fair Share Report

6 Christopher Ct

Montclair, NJ 07042

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

≈ $2,200,000

Likely range $1,800,153 – $2,487,970, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $2,200,000 home should be assessed near $1,237,720.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,160,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $77,320 below what the ratio math suggests (6.2%).

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

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$40,800/yr
Public schools$23,428
Essex County$6,672
Town of Montclair$10,699
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 52.7%

33%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montclair'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
9 MT. VERNON ROAD2026-05$2,701,0003,64443.5%
12 KIPS RIDGE C00122026-03$1,385,0003,70953.1%
91 LLOYD ROAD2025-06$2,200,0004,32348.7%
310 HIGHLAND AVENUE2025-04$3,600,0004,35936.8%
125 BELLEVUE AVENUE2025-07$1,800,0004,27660.1%
4 HARRISON AVENUE2025-06$2,275,0004,38640.6%
249 VALLEY ROAD2025-07$2,270,0004,26052.3%
15 WAYSIDE PLACE2025-11$2,340,0004,16655.9%
466 PARK STREET2026-04$2,250,0004,11550.0%
60-62 ELMWOOD AVENUE2026-06$1,632,0004,56039.5%
189 INWOOD AVENUE2025-04$1,820,0004,17861.7%
129 CLAREWILL AVENUE2025-11$2,150,0004,59554.9%

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