The Fair Share Report

99 E Dr

Watchung, NJ 07055

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

≈ $1,479,732

Likely range $1,163,386 – $1,645,938, from 12 comparable Watchung sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

96.16%

The state's official measure of how far Watchung assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,479,732 home should be assessed near $1,422,910.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,243,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $179,610 below what the ratio math suggests (12.6%).

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

$1.951 per $100 assessed

$1.011 Schools · 52% $0.336 County · 17% $0.604 Town · 31%

This home's own bill implies $1.873 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$23,285/yr
Public schools$12,066
Somerset County$4,010
Town of Watchung$7,209
Watchung average$18,258

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

Town median 92.6%
This home · 84.0%

70%112%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Watchung'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 JOHNSTON DRIVE2026-03$1,475,0004,78089.8%
85 WILL LANE2025-05$1,600,0004,15395.0%
3 GLEN VIEW DRIVE2025-03$2,475,0005,41782.7%
14 HIGH TOR DRIVE2026-01$1,300,0004,95480.6%
1152 JOHNSTON DRIVE2026-01$1,040,0003,57097.6%
5 FOX CHASE DRIVE2025-06$2,200,0005,97189.5%
916 VALLEY ROAD2026-05$1,450,0003,42092.6%
302 TIFFANY WAY2026-03$1,199,0002,77996.7%
170 ANDERSON ROAD2026-06$825,0002,96585.4%
170 ANDERSON ROAD2026-06$690,0002,965102.1%
1370 JOHNSTON DRIVE2026-05$1,280,0003,53485.7%
127 HIGH TOR DRIVE2026-06$999,9992,76686.8%

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