The Fair Share Report

88 Eighth St

Salem, NJ 08079

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

≈ $133,521

Likely range $75,527 – $204,055, from 12 comparable Salem sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

49.82%

The state's official measure of how far Salem assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $133,521 home should be assessed near $66,520.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$66,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $420 below what the ratio math suggests (0.6%).

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

$8.627 per $100 assessed

$2.297 Schools · 27% $2.023 County · 23% $4.308 Town · 50%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,703/yr
Public schools$1,518
Salem County$1,337
Town of Salem$2,848
Salem average$4,030

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

Town median 36.6%
This home · 49.5%

19%93%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Salem'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
31 UNION ST2025-07$200,00019.7%
49-51 ELM ST2026-03$230,0002,51224.8%
349 E BROADWAY2025-03$65,0002,34876.9%
153 SEVENTH ST2025-04$130,0002,34118.2%
339-341 E BROADWAY2025-02$130,0002,28935.5%
297 PEARL ST2025-09$212,5002,44423.1%
217-219 CHURCH ST2025-07$177,5002,25627.8%
217-219 CHURCH ST2025-08$196,1002,25631.6%
204-206 WESLEY ST2025-07$180,0002,57229.9%
194 SEVENTH ST2025-10$73,3222,15188.8%
236 CHURCH ST2025-01$50,0002,39438.6%
236 GRANT ST2025-11$115,0002,40438.9%

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