The Fair Share Report

7 E 9th St

Clifton, NJ 08081

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

≈ $674,231

Likely range $553,897 – $800,555, from 12 comparable Clifton sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

31.87%

The state's official measure of how far Clifton assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $674,231 home should be assessed near $214,877.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$181,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $33,777 below what the ratio math suggests (15.7%).

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

$6.128 per $100 assessed

$2.947 Schools · 48% $1.344 County · 22% $1.837 Town · 30%

This home's own bill implies $5.991 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,850/yr
Public schools$5,218
Passaic County$2,380
Town of Clifton$3,252
Clifton average$11,063

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

Town median 27.9%
This home · 26.9%

17%42%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Clifton'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
56 STEVENS RD2025-05$660,0001,71626.8%
42 HARVEY RD2025-12$710,0001,76427.2%
16 NORMAN AVE2025-09$437,0001,69040.8%
100 MERSELIS AVE2025-01$575,0001,80830.3%
174 CRESTHILL AVE2025-11$805,0001,76823.5%
43 INWOOD ST2025-03$610,0001,75231.2%
73 SPENCER AVE2025-12$730,0001,62027.0%
22 COTTAGE LANE2026-06$760,5011,76825.9%
74 LONG HILL DR2025-06$752,5001,68923.9%
23 PROSPECT ST2025-09$400,0001,90140.9%
54 LOCKWOOD DR2025-03$565,0001,72231.1%
104 EDGEWOOD AVE2025-05$855,0001,87222.6%

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