The Fair Share Report

97 Compton St

Middletown, NJ 07718

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

≈ $659,346

Likely range $557,495 – $769,428, from 12 comparable Middletown sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

98.35%

The state's official measure of how far Middletown assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $659,346 home should be assessed near $648,467.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$574,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $74,167 below what the ratio math suggests (11.4%).

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

$1.614 per $100 assessed

$0.990 Schools · 61% $0.195 County · 12% $0.429 Town · 27%

This home's own bill implies $1.500 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$8,614/yr
Public schools$5,284
Monmouth County$1,041
Town of Middletown$2,290
Middletown average$11,743

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

Town median 98.7%
This home · 87.1%

69%118%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Middletown'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
3 BAY TREE CIR2025-05$618,0271,716106.3%
49 PAPE DR2026-06$727,0001,66084.4%
174 MONMOUTH AVE2026-06$987,0001,56857.7%
615 MONMOUTH AVE2026-03$510,0001,640102.6%
244 BAY AVE2025-01$600,5001,733105.8%
120 SHORELAND TERR2026-06$535,0001,54595.6%
37 VANDERBILT AVE2025-04$710,0001,570100.0%
83 IRONWOOD CT2026-06$745,0001,71290.3%
78 IRONWOOD CT2026-01$697,5001,71293.0%
18 IRONWOOD CT2025-05$680,0001,71299.3%
107 IRONWOOD CT2025-05$680,0001,712100.1%
18 HUNTERS POINTE RD2025-06$715,0001,56890.8%

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