The Fair Share Report

87 Baltic Ave

Ocean, NJ 08758

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

≈ $398,938

Likely range $365,948 – $549,929, from 12 comparable Ocean sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,285 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

92.47%

The state's official measure of how far Ocean assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $398,938 home should be assessed near $368,898.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$445,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $77,002 above what the ratio math suggests (20.9%).

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

$1.578 per $100 assessed

$0.713 Schools · 45% $0.339 County · 21% $0.526 Town · 33%

Step 5 · The bill

$7,036/yr
Public schools$3,179
Ocean County$1,512
Town of Ocean$2,345
Ocean average$7,377

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

Town median 84.0%
This home · 111.8%

68%127%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Ocean'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
85 HOLLY DRIVE2025-01$350,0001,22986.1%
30 NAUTILUS ROAD2025-09$380,0001,22468.4%
17 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE2026-05$407,0001,36880.4%
76 POPLAR STREET2026-02$360,0001,17069.1%
17 LONG JOHN SILVER WAY2025-10$645,0001,30686.0%
21 PEG LEG WAY2026-02$625,0001,32788.2%
103 DOVER COURT2025-07$385,0001,16077.3%
119 OREGON AVENUE2025-04$250,0001,637120.8%
12 ONE EYE WAY2025-07$550,0001,396105.1%
71 SHERIDAN STREET2025-07$700,0001,58971.5%
16 DAVEY JONES WAY2026-04$600,0001,40292.0%
14 VESSEL ROAD2026-05$979,0001,59970.5%

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