The Fair Share Report

88 Applegate Ave

Monroe, NJ 08831

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

≈ $504,690

Likely range $234,310 – $580,943, from 12 comparable Monroe sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

53.87%

The state's official measure of how far Monroe assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $504,690 home should be assessed near $271,877.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$212,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $59,877 below what the ratio math suggests (22.0%).

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

$2.740 per $100 assessed

$1.535 Schools · 56% $0.608 County · 22% $0.596 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,093/yr
Public schools$3,415
Middlesex County$1,352
Town of Monroe$1,326
Monroe average$9,247

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

Town median 45.0%
This home · 42.0%

22%96%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Monroe'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
35 NELSON AVENUE2026-04$500,0001,24855.9%
20 ELLINGHAM AVENUE2025-05$551,0031,29648.2%
27 MARRYOTT STREET2026-02$470,0001,26041.9%
217B MAYFLOWER WAY2026-05$279,0001,37424.1%
228A MANCHESTER LANE2025-08$275,0001,37426.1%
219A MANCHESTER LANE2025-02$240,0001,37428.3%
58B ESSEX ROAD2025-10$325,0001,36831.4%
46 THOMAS STREET2025-06$620,0001,47051.6%
108 APPLEGATE AVENUE2025-06$590,0001,39252.1%
259B OLD NASSAU RD2026-04$275,0001,37425.4%
267B MILFORD LANE2026-01$250,0001,37427.2%
253A MYSTIC LANE2025-10$290,0001,37426.1%

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