The Fair Share Report

7 Highview Rd

Sparta, NJ 07302

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

≈ $634,344

Likely range $525,730 – $861,810, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $634,344 home should be assessed near $379,465.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$353,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $26,065 below what the ratio math suggests (6.9%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$12,963/yr
Public schools$8,350
Sussex County$2,206
Town of Sparta$2,407
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 55.7%

36%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
1 POWDER HORN GREEN2025-01$850,0002,21860.3%
8 ST MARYS PL2026-01$550,0002,22152.6%
1 BALANCED ROCK TERR2025-07$763,0002,01641.1%
203 ALPINE TRL2025-04$750,0002,05844.4%
273 WEST SHORE TRL2025-06$899,0002,01737.9%
583 WEST SHORE TRL2026-04$725,0002,03743.2%
583 WEST SHORE TRL2025-09$400,0002,03778.2%
245 EAST SHORE TRL2026-01$515,0002,08458.1%
343 SPRINGBROOK TR2025-01$485,0002,25854.6%
380 EAST SHORE TRL2026-01$525,0001,85052.3%
377 EAST SHORE TRL2026-02$529,0001,89950.3%
30 SENECA TRL2025-08$650,0002,24253.3%

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