The Fair Share Report

75 Rt 50

Upper, NJ 08230

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Upper's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $454,068

Likely range $279,106 – $513,004, from 12 comparable Upper sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.65%

The state's official measure of how far Upper assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $454,068 home should be assessed near $257,230.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$219,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $37,330 below what the ratio math suggests (14.5%).

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

$2.303 per $100 assessed

$1.649 Schools · 72% $0.331 County · 14% $0.323 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,308/yr
Public schools$3,801
Cape May County$763
Town of Upper$745
Upper average$6,686

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

Town median 55.3%
This home · 48.4%

36%84%

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
288 RT 492025-01$230,0001,63298.4%
1450 STAGECOACH RD2025-05$489,0001,85450.0%
10 MEADOWLARK RD2026-05$469,0001,85649.4%
11 WHIPPOORWILL DR2026-06$328,0001,94081.0%
705 RT US 9 SO2026-01$499,9001,85047.6%
1313 STAGECOACH RD2026-01$275,0001,65281.1%
8 SHEILA AVE2025-10$410,0001,68456.3%
78 TYLER RD2025-12$350,0002,11477.7%
15 WHITE OAK DR2026-06$475,8852,16857.3%
43 WEXTON DR2025-07$399,0001,75861.2%
10 LUKE CT2025-07$568,5001,76459.0%
58 RT 502025-01$425,0001,68054.8%

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