The Fair Share Report

1087 Ratzer Rd

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

≈ $690,462

Likely range $604,781 – $729,808, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,320 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 $690,462 home should be assessed near $247,323.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$183,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $63,423 below what the ratio math suggests (25.6%).

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

$11,030/yr
Public schools$6,138
Passaic County$2,301
Town of Wayne$2,592
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 26.6%

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
812 BLACK OAK RIDGE RD2025-11$690,0001,24824.1%
KNOX TERRACE2025-09$15,00024.7%
85 SHEFFIELD RD2025-10$805,0001,26422.4%
26 BRANDYWINE RD2025-07$750,0001,43015.3%
24 SANDRA LANE2025-05$680,0001,30027.5%
21 SANDRA LANE2025-02$630,0001,30028.5%
42 CECILIA DR2025-08$690,0001,50632.2%
44 CANTON RD2025-11$735,0001,27524.2%
21 ROLLING HILLS DR2025-04$700,0001,36128.2%
96 LIONSHEAD DR E2026-06$655,0001,19727.3%
28 ANN ST2026-06$250,0001,39247.8%
711 INDIAN RD2025-02$536,0001,19644.4%

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