The Fair Share Report

157 Rt 628

Wantage, NJ 07461

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

≈ $451,938

Likely range $397,725 – $505,584, from 12 comparable Wantage sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

64.60%

The state's official measure of how far Wantage assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $451,938 home should be assessed near $291,952.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$260,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $31,952 below what the ratio math suggests (10.9%).

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

$3.002 per $100 assessed

$2.064 Schools · 69% $0.589 County · 20% $0.349 Town · 12%

Step 5 · The bill

$7,805/yr
Public schools$5,366
Sussex County$1,531
Town of Wantage$907
Wantage average$7,966

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

Town median 57.9%
This home · 57.5%

39%80%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wantage'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
20 CENTRAL SCHOOL RD2025-09$475,0001,89064.5%
166 MUDTOWN RD2026-04$328,0001,82870.2%
19 CARD RD2026-03$500,0001,65658.6%
6 GERALDINE DR2025-09$465,0001,98269.1%
161 NEILSON RD2025-07$485,0001,90462.1%
88 SHERMAN RIDGE RD2026-04$715,0001,74948.3%
85 CLARK RD2026-02$550,0002,03560.4%
11 BRINK RD2026-05$410,6531,42657.3%
827 GREENVILLE RD2026-01$440,0001,53066.2%
2 COURTLAND DR2026-02$465,0001,78049.6%
84 ALDER TERR2025-09$312,0001,45259.3%
2 ESTATE DR2025-12$580,0002,06248.1%

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