The Fair Share Report

157 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

≈ $646,447

Likely range $453,563 – $668,534, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $646,447 home should be assessed near $231,557.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$190,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $40,657 below what the ratio math suggests (17.6%).

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

$11,450/yr
Public schools$6,371
Passaic County$2,389
Town of Wayne$2,690
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 29.5%

19%48%

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
498 PINES LAKE DR E2025-07$675,0001,77327.8%
27 CHESTNUT DR2025-03$605,0001,66632.3%
35 MINNS AVE2025-06$520,0001,88028.2%
217 ALPS RD2025-11$685,0001,65425.6%
202 NEWARK POMPTON TPKE2025-12$470,0001,61634.7%
153 CHESTNUT DR2026-06$725,0001,71827.6%
78 MAPLE LANE2026-05$650,0001,37835.3%
132 LINDEN RD2026-03$640,0001,68027.9%
21 ALPS RD2025-05$712,0001,89825.7%
153 RYERSON AVE2025-06$475,0001,40427.5%
10 ORCHARD PLACE2026-05$350,0001,73146.4%
28 DOGWOOD TERR2025-04$600,0001,55528.3%

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