The Fair Share Report

809 Berkeley Ave

Trenton, NJ 08618

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only on average. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

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

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $404,647

Likely range $321,539 – $456,764, from 12 comparable Trenton sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,039 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

53.53%

The state's official measure of how far Trenton assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $404,647 home should be assessed near $216,608.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$177,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $39,608 below what the ratio math suggests (18.3%).

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

$5.889 per $100 assessed

$1.198 Schools · 20% $0.929 County · 16% $3.762 Town · 64%

Step 5 · The bill

$10,425/yr
Public schools$2,121
Mercer County$1,645
Town of Trenton$6,660
Trenton average$3,793

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

Town median 33.8%
This home · 43.7%

19%67%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
815 BERKELEY AVE2026-05$480,0003,04247.0%
233 S CLINTON AVE2025-05$180,0002,93453.6%
302 BELLEVUE AVE2025-06$160,0003,03970.1%
807 EDGEWOOD AVE2025-05$319,0003,01537.7%
905 STUYVESANT AVE2025-08$380,0002,82451.0%
929 BELLEVUE AVE2025-01$407,5003,05053.7%
1202 W STATE ST2025-05$260,0003,35055.5%
104 S OVERBROOK AVE2025-07$385,0002,68327.7%
916 RIVERSIDE AVE2025-05$375,0002,49537.1%
209 E FRONT ST2025-11$390,0002,94465.5%
1047 S CLINTON AVE2025-09$390,0002,92929.6%
128-130 FERRY ST2025-06$425,0002,52028.6%

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