The Fair Share Report

68 Eastern Ave

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

≈ $475,000

Likely range $415,000 – $520,000, from 12 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 $475,000 home should be assessed near $279,300.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$271,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $8,200 below what the ratio math suggests (2.9%).

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

$11,058/yr
Public schools$6,475
Somerset County$1,497
Town of Somerville$3,086
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 57.1%

34%73%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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
22 HAMILTON ST2026-06$520,0001,21034.1%
161 E CLIFF ST2025-02$475,0001,03247.6%
9 PARK AVE2026-05$475,00097252.9%
99 EASTERN AVE2025-03$415,0001,79263.5%
36 S BRIDGE ST2026-05$550,0001,98044.0%
20 CAMMANN PL2026-03$465,0001,16049.1%
164 E HIGH ST2026-06$402,0001,21058.9%
224 E CLIFF ST2025-10$509,0001,35254.5%
159 DAVENPORT ST2025-01$445,0001,00549.1%
107 W SPRING ST2025-01$412,00081656.8%
51 CENTER ST2025-08$415,0001,53147.5%
133 EASTERN AVE2025-05$505,0001,21047.2%

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