The Fair Share Report

21 Fairmount 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

≈ $989,946

Likely range $861,401 – $1,053,739, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,384 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 $989,946 home should be assessed near $354,599.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$316,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $38,199 below what the ratio math suggests (10.8%).

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

$18,978/yr
Public schools$10,560
Passaic County$3,959
Town of Wayne$4,459
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 32.0%

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
61 CARLISLE RD2026-04$1,265,0003,41323.4%
11 COPLEY COURT2025-02$950,0003,31133.2%
134 ANDOVER DR2026-01$775,0003,37235.0%
53 PALMER DR2025-05$1,175,0003,49727.8%
12 CHRISTINE COURT2025-04$999,9993,26730.8%
24 ETON COURT2025-08$750,0003,28438.2%
18 HARWOOD PLACE2026-05$920,0003,23833.9%
60 BRANDON AVE2025-12$680,0003,23438.0%
115 WEBSTER DR2025-09$999,9993,38032.1%
KNOX TERRACE2025-09$15,00024.7%
1008 VALLEY RD2025-01$998,0003,20528.8%
11 ABERDEEN AVE2025-01$825,0003,24137.0%

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