The Fair Share Report

10 Lake Trl E

Wayne, NJ 07470

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

≈ $526,415

Likely range $485,594 – $561,068, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,116 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

35.82%

The state's official measure of how far Wayne assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $526,415 home should be assessed near $188,562.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$139,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $49,062 below what the ratio math suggests (26.0%).

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

$5.998 per $100 assessed

$3.337 Schools · 56% $1.251 County · 21% $1.409 Town · 23%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,367/yr
Public schools$4,656
Passaic County$1,745
Town of Wayne$1,966
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 26.5%

19%47%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wayne'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
28 NEW ST2025-05$600,0001,12020.9%
2 CROW TRAIL2025-06$527,0001,08025.4%
33 SOUTH RD2025-05$400,0001,01227.8%
8 CAYUGA TRAIL2025-01$535,0001,01625.3%
177 CHESTNUT DR2026-04$722,0001,23424.2%
31 ST MORITZ PLACE2025-10$320,0001,01236.5%
526 NEWARK POMPTON TPKE2025-02$470,00097028.2%
53 LAUREL DR2025-02$565,0001,23026.9%
35 LENAPE TRAIL2025-06$560,0001,28727.8%
20 FERN RIVER AVE2025-04$425,0001,32024.1%
78 MAPLE LANE2026-05$650,0001,37835.3%
24 LAKE TRAIL E2025-06$625,0001,28623.9%

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