The Fair Share Report

19 Compton Rd

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

≈ $624,156

Likely range $548,110 – $731,586, from 12 comparable Wantage sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,848 sq ft.

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 $624,156 home should be assessed near $403,205.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$342,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $60,505 below what the ratio math suggests (15.0%).

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

$10,288/yr
Public schools$7,073
Sussex County$2,019
Town of Wantage$1,196
Wantage average$7,966

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

Town median 57.9%
This home · 54.9%

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
61 COYKENDALL RD2026-05$650,0002,48047.0%
105 VALLEY RD2026-06$540,0002,46451.3%
58 ARMSTRONG RD2026-06$400,0002,53293.5%
28 SALLY HARDEN RD2025-04$635,0002,37660.0%
15 MARC DR2025-11$660,0002,72455.4%
7 SOUTH FIELD DR2025-02$549,0002,50864.3%
146 SALLY HARDEN RD2025-05$655,0002,44457.9%
64 MUDTOWN RD2025-04$520,0002,79063.2%
37 ROSE MORROW RD2025-12$545,0002,44461.0%
161 NEILSON RD2025-07$485,0001,90462.1%
154 SALLY HARDEN RD2025-07$505,0002,62464.7%
111 BEEMER CHURCH RD2025-07$515,0002,91060.4%

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