The Fair Share Report

136 Wayne St

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

≈ $245,000

Likely range $238,333 – $262,942, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 572 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 $245,000 home should be assessed near $87,759.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$77,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $10,259 below what the ratio math suggests (11.7%).

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

$4,648/yr
Public schools$2,587
Passaic County$970
Town of Wayne$1,092
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 31.6%

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
55-1B KNOX TERRACE2026-03$290,00057224.7%
55-1A KNOX TERRACE2026-02$242,00057229.6%
54-1A KNOX TERRACE2025-08$245,00057229.2%
235 GARSIDE AVE2026-05$370,00052023.8%
29-1B KNOX TERRACE2026-05$325,00070723.2%
27-1D HINCHMAN AVE2025-06$335,00070722.5%
29-2D KNOX TERRACE2025-04$317,00070723.8%
28-2B KNOX TERRACE2025-01$320,00070723.6%
30 REDWOOD AVE2025-04$386,00090836.7%
1150-1B VALLEY RD2026-04$325,00072023.4%
1120-1B VALLEY RD2026-02$290,00072026.2%
1124-1B VALLEY RD2026-01$285,00072026.7%

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