The Fair Share Report

17 Seneca Trl

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

≈ $577,375

Likely range $453,958 – $694,173, 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 $577,375 home should be assessed near $206,816.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$162,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,616 below what the ratio math suggests (21.6%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $5.844 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$9,479/yr
Public schools$5,274
Passaic County$1,977
Town of Wayne$2,227
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 28.1%

18%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
202 NEWARK POMPTON TPKE2025-12$470,0001,61634.7%
38 LAUREL DR2025-05$735,0001,43222.9%
29 OLDHAM RD2025-08$480,0001,41227.9%
104 OLDHAM RD2025-08$530,0001,37326.0%
146 BEECHWOOD DR2025-08$730,0001,42328.0%
153 RYERSON AVE2025-06$475,0001,40427.5%
78 MAPLE LANE2026-05$650,0001,37835.3%
20 FERN RIVER AVE2025-04$425,0001,32024.1%
44 HILLCREST DR2025-09$635,0001,41432.0%
40 PROSPECT RD2025-10$620,0001,60025.6%
35 BEECHWOOD DR2026-04$475,0001,50137.9%
35 LENAPE TRAIL2025-06$560,0001,28727.8%

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