The Fair Share Report

98 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

≈ $570,088

Likely range $371,551 – $616,417, 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 $570,088 home should be assessed near $307,106.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$276,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $30,206 below what the ratio math suggests (9.8%).

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

$7,958/yr
Public schools$4,460
Middlesex County$1,767
Town of Monroe$1,732
Monroe average$9,247

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

Town median 45.0%
This home · 48.6%

22%80%

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
22 DREXEL TERRACE2025-01$570,0001,51249.3%
152A CHATHAM DRIVE2025-09$422,5001,58636.0%
287C SUNSET CIRCLE2025-04$337,0001,56833.6%
15 DREXEL TERRACE2026-06$627,5001,65948.6%
165C BELMAR ROAD2025-08$277,5001,58840.0%
438 MADISON AVENUE2025-11$615,0001,55451.2%
97A SALIX PLAZA2025-10$388,0001,53830.6%
4 COLLINS AVENUE2026-04$575,0001,48858.8%
27 CARLTON AVENUE2025-09$510,0001,52555.4%
2 NORWOOD AVE2025-09$629,0001,44847.6%
249B DOREMUS DRIVE2025-09$405,0001,59836.2%
41 GRAND BOULEVARD2025-09$595,0001,64850.9%

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