The Fair Share Report

249 Maple Ave

Wallington, NJ 07057

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

≈ $567,573

Likely range $536,576 – $703,009, from 12 comparable Wallington sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,632 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

96.76%

The state's official measure of how far Wallington assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $567,573 home should be assessed near $549,184.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$592,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $43,316 above what the ratio math suggests (7.9%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Wallington home

$1.950 per $100 assessed

$1.011 Schools · 52% $0.226 County · 12% $0.714 Town · 37%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,554/yr
Public schools$5,987
Bergen County$1,338
Town of Wallington$4,228
Wallington average$11,372

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

Town median 81.5%
This home · 104.4%

62%116%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wallington'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
17 BOND STREET2025-12$545,0001,65662.7%
113 WALLINGTON AVENUE2025-11$530,0001,61274.1%
260 MAPLE AVENUE2025-04$725,0001,44480.3%
224 HAYWARD PLACE2026-03$699,0001,82289.3%
196 HAYWARD PLACE2026-01$557,0001,70276.0%
320 HAYWARD PLACE2025-09$700,0001,95077.6%
187 WALLINGTON AVENUE2025-08$648,0001,61275.8%
28 LESTER STREET2025-07$615,0001,77774.4%
44 KOSTER STREET2025-02$920,0002,11277.0%
37 WILLIAM STREET2025-01$626,0001,80083.8%
80 TUTTLE STREET2026-05$550,0001,97888.0%
4 CRESCENT ROAD2026-02$700,0001,56872.9%

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