The Fair Share Report

6 Sutherland Rd

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

≈ $1,795,032

Likely range $1,609,248 – $2,177,273, 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 $1,795,032 home should be assessed near $1,009,885.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$797,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $212,085 below what the ratio math suggests (21.0%).

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

$28,051/yr
Public schools$16,108
Essex County$4,587
Town of Montclair$7,356
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 44.4%

31%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
101 GLENRIDGE AVENUE2024-12$700,0002,99557.2%
310 PARK STREET2025-08$1,650,0003,02549.5%
172 WATCHUNG AVENUE2026-01$2,150,0003,09637.0%
18 DURYEA ROAD2025-06$1,880,0003,16442.0%
14 UP. MOUNTAIN AVENUE2025-11$999,0003,08754.5%
22 DURYEA ROAD2025-06$2,101,0002,86243.1%
221 CHRISTOPHER STREET2026-06$2,050,0003,19451.2%
124 CHRISTOPHER STREET2025-06$2,500,0002,88042.2%
44 BEVERLEY ROAD2025-07$1,810,0002,94047.0%
215 MONTCLAIR AVENUE2025-07$1,975,0002,91440.4%
9 COLUMBUS AVENUE2025-06$1,700,0002,87144.0%
59 ELSTON ROAD2026-06$1,925,0003,25354.0%

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