The Fair Share Report

28 New St

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

≈ $542,680

Likely range $360,606 – $551,971, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,120 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 $542,680 home should be assessed near $194,388.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$125,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $69,288 below what the ratio math suggests (35.6%).

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

$7,504/yr
Public schools$4,175
Passaic County$1,565
Town of Wayne$1,763
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 23.1%

17%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
10 LAKE TRAIL E2026-06$550,0001,11625.4%
35 LENAPE TRAIL2025-06$560,0001,28727.8%
2 CROW TRAIL2025-06$527,0001,08025.4%
20 FERN RIVER AVE2025-04$425,0001,32024.1%
53 LAUREL DR2025-02$565,0001,23026.9%
177 CHESTNUT DR2026-04$722,0001,23424.2%
31 POINT VIEW PARKWAY2026-02$450,00031.8%
31 ST MORITZ PLACE2025-10$320,0001,01236.5%
526 NEWARK POMPTON TPKE2025-02$470,00097028.2%
30 SUNSET TERR2025-08$350,0001,10654.8%
33 SOUTH RD2025-05$400,0001,01227.8%
91 BEECHWOOD DR2026-05$767,5001,32025.0%

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