The Fair Share Report

77 E Dr

Watchung, NJ 07069

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

≈ $909,254

Likely range $692,928 – $1,124,662, from 12 comparable Watchung sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

96.16%

The state's official measure of how far Watchung assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $909,254 home should be assessed near $874,339.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$771,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $103,039 below what the ratio math suggests (11.8%).

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

$1.951 per $100 assessed

$1.011 Schools · 52% $0.336 County · 17% $0.604 Town · 31%

This home's own bill implies $1.840 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$14,191/yr
Public schools$7,354
Somerset County$2,444
Town of Watchung$4,393
Watchung average$18,258

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

Town median 92.6%
This home · 84.8%

63%117%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Watchung'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
35 SEQUOIA DRIVE2026-06$915,0002,638106.8%
127 HIGH TOR DRIVE2026-06$999,9992,76686.8%
601 PHILLIP LANE2025-03$985,0002,62095.7%
60 GLEN EAGLES DRIVE2025-01$930,0002,626100.7%
170 ANDERSON ROAD2026-06$825,0002,96585.4%
170 ANDERSON ROAD2026-06$690,0002,965102.1%
163 JOHNSTON DRIVE2025-02$801,0002,40499.3%
221 OLD SOMERSET ROAD2026-01$950,0002,14086.0%
441 VALLEY ROAD2026-01$860,0002,11994.6%
302 TIFFANY WAY2026-03$1,199,0002,77996.7%
4 SPENCER LANE2026-02$670,0002,694112.2%
81 CENTURY LANE2026-01$899,0001,53882.8%

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