The Fair Share Report

84 Eastern Ave

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $559,000

Likely range $500,000 – $730,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $559,000 home should be assessed near $328,692.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$290,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $38,392 below what the ratio math suggests (11.7%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,841/yr
Public schools$6,934
Somerset County$1,603
Town of Somerville$3,304
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 51.9%

34%73%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Somerville'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
21 GRANT AVENUE2026-01$815,0002,34046.4%
68 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-07$550,0002,60561.7%
22 E BROWN ST2026-05$645,0001,49745.8%
224 E HIGH ST2026-05$559,0002,11854.0%
5 HAYNES ST2025-02$651,0001,86151.0%
185 E HIGH ST2026-06$740,0002,43447.4%
185 E HIGH ST2025-07$474,4002,43473.9%
115 FAIRVIEW AVE2025-05$555,0002,41842.8%
90-92 W CLIFF ST2025-02$500,0002,75861.4%
25 N DOUGHTY AVE2025-07$730,0001,79840.1%
195 E MAIN ST2025-01$525,0002,18843.6%
95 SOUTHSIDE AVE2026-06$499,5501,47450.1%

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