The Fair Share Report

7 First Ave

Monroe, NJ 08831

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

≈ $553,929

Likely range $331,874 – $585,699, from 12 comparable Monroe sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

53.87%

The state's official measure of how far Monroe assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $553,929 home should be assessed near $298,402.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$259,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $38,802 below what the ratio math suggests (13.0%).

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

$2.740 per $100 assessed

$1.535 Schools · 56% $0.608 County · 22% $0.596 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$7,211/yr
Public schools$4,041
Middlesex County$1,601
Town of Monroe$1,569
Monroe average$9,247

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

Town median 45.0%
This home · 46.9%

22%84%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Monroe'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
106 MONMOUTH RD2026-04$560,0001,51247.6%
41 DREXEL TERRACE2025-04$564,0001,51251.5%
13 SHEFFIELD AVE2025-07$585,0001,51850.2%
65 FOREST PARK TERRACE2026-02$635,0001,52446.0%
219N MANCHESTER LANE2025-11$257,5001,48621.3%
56 EVERGREEN TERRACE2026-04$565,0001,44447.2%
45 TENTH AVENUE2026-02$580,0001,41651.7%
62C RHUS PLAZA2026-02$225,0001,48652.3%
3 NORWOOD AVENUE2025-04$580,0001,41252.7%
42B CATALPA PLAZA2025-06$420,0001,49925.9%
18 DRAKE AVENUE2025-11$540,0001,39250.4%
16 FIRST AVENUE2025-04$545,0001,39249.6%

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