The Fair Share Report

94 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

≈ $500,000

Likely range $412,000 – $640,000, 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 $500,000 home should be assessed near $294,000.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$291,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $2,500 below what the ratio math suggests (0.9%).

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

$11,890/yr
Public schools$6,963
Somerset County$1,609
Town of Somerville$3,318
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 58.3%

34%76%

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
183 W CLIFF ST2025-05$500,0001,96148.7%
107 W SPRING ST2025-01$412,00081656.8%
44 MECHANIC ST2026-02$500,0001,81253.3%
25 CENTRAL AVE2025-07$480,0001,56140.1%
81-83 GROVE ST2025-12$605,0002,14241.9%
48 SECOND ST2025-12$320,0001,24449.7%
62 S BRIDGE ST2025-02$550,0002,77646.2%
361 WILLIAM ST2025-12$517,0001,42547.0%
27 SECOND ST2026-03$380,0001,38049.9%
42 EASTERN AVE2025-04$675,0001,34442.7%
202 N BRIDGE ST2026-06$640,0001,34239.7%
71 CENTRAL AVE2026-01$525,0001,48847.2%

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