The Fair Share Report

656 E Main St

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

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

≈ $555,146

Likely range $428,239 – $664,300, from 12 comparable Bridgewater sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

86.72%

The state's official measure of how far Bridgewater assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $555,146 home should be assessed near $481,423.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$373,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $108,123 below what the ratio math suggests (22.5%).

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

$1.901 per $100 assessed

$1.294 Schools · 68% $0.364 County · 19% $0.244 Town · 13%

This home's own bill implies $1.772 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$6,614/yr
Public schools$4,500
Somerset County$1,266
Town of Bridgewater$848
Bridgewater average$10,962

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

Town median 84.0%
This home · 67.2%

51%105%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bridgewater'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
136 PEARL STREET2025-04$612,0001,43377.3%
700 VOSSELLER AVENUE2025-06$485,0001,67289.9%
346 VANDERVEER ROAD2025-03$635,0001,45478.3%
788 MOUNTAINVIEW AVE2026-05$555,0001,58080.3%
552 FOOTHILL ROAD2026-04$675,0001,58269.6%
13 HARRY ROAD2026-06$608,0001,45066.6%
56 ADAMSVILLE ROAD2026-05$525,0001,36071.2%
168 OAK STREET2025-04$460,0001,36583.2%
295 ENGLISH CT.2026-03$655,0001,79176.8%
103 KAREN PLACE2026-04$645,0001,61880.8%
727 ROUTE 2022026-03$380,0001,34485.8%
9 ENGLISH CT2026-01$640,0001,78078.9%

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