The Fair Share Report

24 Sears Pl

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

≈ $705,093

Likely range $595,519 – $732,655, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,523 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 $705,093 home should be assessed near $252,564.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$218,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $34,464 below what the ratio math suggests (13.6%).

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%

Step 5 · The bill

$13,082/yr
Public schools$7,279
Passaic County$2,729
Town of Wayne$3,074
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 30.9%

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
50 NORMANDY DR2025-04$826,0001,61125.9%
88 HINCHMAN AVE2026-03$725,0001,52023.6%
42 CECILIA DR2025-08$690,0001,50632.2%
KNOX TERRACE2025-09$15,00024.7%
26 BRANDYWINE RD2025-07$750,0001,43015.3%
651 ALPS RD2025-06$592,0001,51430.6%
78 VAN DUYNE AVE2025-12$582,0001,68529.0%
95 MAC DONALD DR2025-09$700,0001,51229.4%
752 RATZER RD2025-08$750,0001,56728.1%
53 MOUNTAIN RIDGE DR2025-06$722,0001,74431.7%
1087 RATZER RD2025-09$635,0001,32029.0%
16 DALEWOOD RD2025-10$585,0001,58929.4%

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