The Fair Share Report

6 Daniel Dr

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $587,868

Likely range $468,738 – $646,994, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,132 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $587,868 home should be assessed near $351,663.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$315,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $36,063 below what the ratio math suggests (10.3%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,576/yr
Public schools$7,457
Sussex County$1,970
Town of Sparta$2,150
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 53.7%

39%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
79 SUMMIT TRL2025-01$465,0002,11567.5%
14 WHIPPOORWILL LN2025-02$600,0002,08047.8%
32 SUMMER TREE RUN2025-08$630,0002,04445.5%
37 GREEN APPLE RD2025-05$630,0002,07648.0%
30 COTTAGE LN2025-04$740,0002,33946.4%
24 ARAPAHO TRL2025-04$375,0002,37686.8%
20 WOODLAND TRL2025-07$525,0001,88446.5%
20 WOODLAND TRL2025-04$340,0001,88471.7%
55 MANOR SQ2025-11$460,0001,92552.8%
44 STANHOPE RD2025-07$505,0002,00853.5%
53 SUNSET LAKE RD2025-10$600,0002,17650.5%
11 GINGER LN2025-11$545,0001,85247.6%

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