The Fair Share Report

116 Wayne Ave

Paterson, NJ 07502

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

≈ $510,000

Likely range $425,000 – $659,900, from 12 comparable Paterson sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

41.41%

The state's official measure of how far Paterson assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $510,000 home should be assessed near $211,191.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$483,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $271,809 above what the ratio math suggests (128.7%).

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

$5.334 per $100 assessed

$1.307 Schools · 24% $1.048 County · 20% $2.980 Town · 56%

This home's own bill implies $2.240 per $100 — well off the general rate. That usually means the town revalued since the last bill.

Step 5 · The bill

$10,819/yr
Public schools$2,651
Passaic County$2,125
Town of Paterson$6,043
Paterson average$10,356

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

Town median 89.5%
This home · 94.7%

65%119%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (47.62%) — roughly $14,498/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
106 WAYNE AVE2025-01$700,00086.0%
140 ALBION AVE2025-05$659,90088.4%
125 23RD AVE2025-01$300,000191.4%
172 JASPER ST2025-01$645,00085.5%
712 E 27TH ST2025-01$620,00092.3%
118 12TH AVE2026-01$680,00055.8%
217 WALNUT ST2025-05$480,00083.4%
163 LIBERTY ST2025-05$509,00080.7%
540 14TH AVE2025-05$510,00095.4%
188 ATLANTIC ST2025-05$425,00087.3%
1035 E 23RD ST2025-04$485,00093.2%
983 MADISON AVE2025-04$600,00090.0%

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