The Fair Share Report

7 Button Mill Rd

Upper Deerfield, NJ 08302

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

≈ $288,093

Likely range $242,245 – $351,550, from 12 comparable Upper Deerfield sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

69.30%

The state's official measure of how far Upper Deerfield assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $288,093 home should be assessed near $199,648.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$166,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $32,848 below what the ratio math suggests (16.5%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Upper Deerfield home

$3.290 per $100 assessed

$1.925 Schools · 59% $1.176 County · 36% $0.189 Town · 6%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,493/yr
Public schools$3,214
Cumberland County$1,963
Town of Upper Deerfield$316
Upper Deerfield average$5,928

This home vs. every recent Upper Deerfield sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 55.6%
This home · 57.9%

36%85%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Upper Deerfield'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
484 CENTERTON RD2026-01$415,0001,27041.3%
435 CENTERTON RD2025-06$310,0001,20854.7%
4 WEYMOUTH PLACE2026-04$300,9991,38857.0%
49 HUSTED STATION RD2025-07$387,0001,57648.6%
104 LAUREL HEIGHTS DR2025-05$285,0001,32054.1%
233 CORNWELL DR2025-09$250,0001,40067.6%
32 PARKVIEW HEIGHTS2025-09$275,0001,45265.6%
282 WOODRUFF RD2025-09$250,0001,52667.3%
14 1/2 SMITH DR2026-01$250,0001,76082.4%
15 GRANADA DR2025-11$358,0001,36453.3%
109 S WOODRUFF RD2026-06$235,0001,08040.9%
25 BUTTON MILL RD2025-02$285,0001,23657.0%

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