The Fair Share Report

140 Chestnut Dr

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

≈ $1,082,624

Likely range $902,671 – $1,156,184, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,441 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 $1,082,624 home should be assessed near $387,796.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$350,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $37,296 below what the ratio math suggests (9.6%).

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

$21,023/yr
Public schools$11,698
Passaic County$4,385
Town of Wayne$4,939
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 32.4%

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
2 CAYUGA TRAIL2025-08$915,0003,48829.6%
54 BALSAM RD2025-06$1,165,0003,48124.7%
31 POINT VIEW PARKWAY2026-02$450,00031.8%
99 BEECH TERR2026-05$815,0002,49426.4%
114 POINT VIEW PARKWAY2025-04$1,200,0003,29331.5%
108 ALGONQUIN TRAIL2025-01$905,0002,62028.0%
14 ONEIDA TRAIL2026-03$765,0002,63629.4%
73 TOWER RD2026-01$1,275,0003,16028.4%
595 HAMBURG TPKE2025-01$981,0003,11828.4%
134 ANDOVER DR2026-01$775,0003,37235.0%
33 GEORGIA DR2026-05$935,0003,18632.0%
53 PALMER DR2025-05$1,175,0003,49727.8%

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