The Fair Share Report

18 Lake Trl E

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

≈ $322,233

Likely range $305,306 – $399,144, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 758 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 $322,233 home should be assessed near $115,424.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$131,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $15,876 above what the ratio math suggests (13.8%).

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

$7,875/yr
Public schools$4,382
Passaic County$1,643
Town of Wayne$1,850
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 40.7%

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
105 BEECH TERR2026-01$500,00078430.9%
7 SHORE RD2026-04$430,00077423.3%
30 REDWOOD AVE2025-04$386,00090836.7%
8 CAYUGA TRAIL2025-01$535,0001,01625.3%
15 SHORE RD2025-10$439,00083722.7%
37-2B KNOX TERRACE2026-02$320,00072223.8%
16-2D KNOX TERRACE2025-10$305,00072224.9%
1150-1B VALLEY RD2026-04$325,00072023.4%
1120-1B VALLEY RD2026-02$290,00072026.2%
1124-1B VALLEY RD2026-01$285,00072026.7%
1132-1A VALLEY RD2025-12$280,00072027.1%
43-2B KNOX TERRACE2025-11$290,00072026.2%

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