The Fair Share Report

95 Wright St

Newark, NJ 07105

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

≈ $868,805

Likely range $767,078 – $891,000, from 12 comparable Newark sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,234 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

40.69%

The state's official measure of how far Newark assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $868,805 home should be assessed near $353,517.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$318,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $35,217 below what the ratio math suggests (10.0%).

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

$3.999 per $100 assessed

$1.162 Schools · 29% $0.519 County · 13% $2.318 Town · 58%

Step 5 · The bill

$12,729/yr
Public schools$3,699
Essex County$1,652
Town of Newark$7,378
Newark average$7,640

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

Town median 33.7%
This home · 36.6%

18%58%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Newark'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
595-597 S 17TH ST2025-09$720,0003,24234.2%
447 S 13TH ST2026-06$877,5003,29228.6%
803-805 S 14TH ST2025-07$700,0003,14140.5%
559-561 HAWTHORNE AVE2025-07$810,0003,12435.9%
28 BRANFORD ST2026-01$865,0003,18236.4%
617-619 5TH ST2025-05$850,0003,16438.2%
25 SEABURY ST2025-09$864,0003,13655.4%
586 S 19TH ST2025-10$910,0003,31231.3%
408-410 S 19TH ST2026-04$825,0003,15227.1%
14 SEABURY CT2025-12$920,0003,13631.9%
744-746 S 12TH ST2025-04$875,0003,07830.4%
761 S 17TH ST2026-05$850,0003,11430.4%

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