The Fair Share Report

16 Mountain Rd

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

≈ $836,352

Likely range $640,909 – $989,013, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,585 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 $836,352 home should be assessed near $299,581.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$255,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,081 below what the ratio math suggests (14.7%).

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

$15,325/yr
Public schools$8,527
Passaic County$3,197
Town of Wayne$3,601
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 30.5%

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
10 QUINCY CT2025-06$881,8002,60438.0%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2025-05$440,0002,60035.6%
214 WEBSTER DR2025-01$870,0002,68940.5%
49 PONDS CIRCLE2025-04$660,0002,63331.9%
53 PONDS CIRCLE2026-02$625,0002,52138.1%
9 GATES PLACE2025-11$1,100,0002,75630.9%
43 RESTON RD2025-11$880,0002,55632.0%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2026-03$685,0002,74825.2%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2025-07$520,0002,75531.3%
987 VALLEY RD2025-06$993,9872,59831.8%
119 PLEASANT VW DR2025-10$865,0002,64634.1%
70 VERKADE DR2025-06$1,200,0002,69327.3%

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