The Fair Share Report

809 Maple Ave

Linden, NJ 07036

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

≈ $588,197

Likely range $461,495 – $653,277, from 12 comparable Linden sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,196 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

24.64%

The state's official measure of how far Linden assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $588,197 home should be assessed near $144,932.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$113,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $31,532 below what the ratio math suggests (21.8%).

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

$7.344 per $100 assessed

$3.319 Schools · 45% $1.310 County · 18% $2.715 Town · 37%

Linden also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $7.844 per $100 all-in (+$0.500).

Step 5 · The bill

$8,329/yr
Public schools$3,764
Union County$1,486
Town of Linden$3,079
Linden average$9,831

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

Town median 23.3%
This home · 19.3%

12%35%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Linden'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
1714 ORCHARD TERR2025-03$650,0001,19022.0%
506 CARNEGIE ST2025-02$420,0001,15224.9%
216 YALE TERR2025-04$619,0001,18925.8%
511 RARITAN RD2025-07$687,5001,19020.1%
632 E ELM ST2025-09$615,0001,12014.6%
731 ESSEX AVE2026-05$530,0001,09023.4%
420 MILTONIA ST2026-02$490,0001,33629.4%
123 LINDEGAR ST2025-02$475,0001,23124.0%
108 GARFIELD ST2025-10$540,0001,09826.0%
1721 DILL AVE2025-09$465,0001,23425.6%
1720 DE WITT TERR2025-03$565,0001,17626.2%
207 MC CANDLESS ST2025-01$462,5001,11625.7%

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