The Fair Share Report

66 E Spring St

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $575,000

Likely range $499,550 – $745,000, from 11 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $575,000 home should be assessed near $338,100.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$521,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $183,200 above what the ratio math suggests (54.2%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$21,264/yr
Public schools$12,452
Somerset County$2,878
Town of Somerville$5,934
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 90.7%

34%110%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (67.62%) — roughly $7,471/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
276 N BRIDGE ST2026-01$575,0001,88949.8%
5 SEVILLE DR2025-06$745,0002,20452.2%
35 GRANT AVENUE2026-06$505,0005,16561.0%
179 N. MIDDAUGH ST.2025-08$700,0002,25049.1%
54 PROSPECT ST2025-03$780,0001,99348.1%
210 WILLIAM ST2024-12$495,0001,18960.9%
30 DE MOND PL2025-12$575,0001,69854.8%
34 STEELE AVE2025-12$699,0002,72460.5%
90 PROSPECT ST2026-04$999,9992,77649.3%
69 FAIRMONT AVE2025-06$436,0002,11073.9%
95 SOUTHSIDE AVE2026-06$499,5501,47450.1%

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