The Fair Share Report

620 Devon St

Lacey, NJ 08731

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Lacey's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $406,102

Likely range $380,599 – $457,778, from 12 comparable Lacey sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,339 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

60.11%

The state's official measure of how far Lacey assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $406,102 home should be assessed near $244,108.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$202,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $41,808 below what the ratio math suggests (17.1%).

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

$2.735 per $100 assessed

$1.650 Schools · 60% $0.520 County · 19% $0.564 Town · 21%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,533/yr
Public schools$3,339
Ocean County$1,052
Town of Lacey$1,141
Lacey average$7,904

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

Town median 52.6%
This home · 49.8%

37%75%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
20 KENT DRIVE2025-04$425,8161,40449.3%
2 TERN COURT2025-05$490,0001,29744.6%
408 ELIZABETH COURT2025-07$669,5001,31253.1%
1490 CLEARVIEW STREET2026-04$480,0001,40447.1%
10 HASTINGS COURT2025-05$430,0001,40454.4%
2127 LLEWELLYN PKWY2025-04$350,0001,40442.7%
4 KENT COURT2026-03$410,0001,41642.9%
5 CORK PLACE2025-06$395,0001,41641.6%
38 SHEFFIELD DRIVE2025-08$328,0001,40547.7%
1515 CLAIR ROAD2025-11$386,0001,35853.8%
607 RANGER DRIVE2026-01$750,0001,34053.5%
408 CEDAR DRIVE2025-06$425,0001,41453.9%

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