The Fair Share Report

805 S Commonwealth Ave

Upper, NJ 08048

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

≈ $1,375,407

Likely range $864,014 – $4,431,326, 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 $1,375,407 home should be assessed near $779,168.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,597,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $818,032 above what the ratio math suggests (105.0%).

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

$37,343/yr
Public schools$26,738
Cape May County$5,367
Town of Upper$5,237
Upper average$6,686

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

Town median 55.3%
This home · 116.1%

31%190%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Upper'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
612 S BAYVIEW DR2025-12$5,400,0002,84435.3%
1 W SHERMAN AVE2025-07$1,900,0002,97553.3%
5 THICKET STREET2025-06$1,450,0003,93840.1%
825 STAGECOACH RD2026-06$881,3302,87958.8%
903 S COMMONWEALTH2026-03$2,475,0002,26053.4%
2612 S COMMONWEALTH AVE2025-01$2,820,0002,76926.3%
17 MEGHAN LANE2025-10$1,222,0003,48976.5%
6 ELLA LAYNE2025-10$950,0003,38055.5%
1 HARDING AVE2025-04$400,0003,00255.0%
116 NORTH SHORE RD2025-09$690,0002,51052.0%
103 TYLER RD2025-11$849,9003,49857.4%
1838 RT US 9 SO2026-06$775,0003,13866.1%

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