The Fair Share Report

280 Alps 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

≈ $842,619

Likely range $753,345 – $936,133, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,252 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 $842,619 home should be assessed near $301,826.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$216,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $85,826 below what the ratio math suggests (28.4%).

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

$12,956/yr
Public schools$7,209
Passaic County$2,703
Town of Wayne$3,044
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 25.6%

18%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
47 SUNSET TERR2025-07$889,0002,19028.2%
111 LAKE DR E2025-03$975,0002,29433.7%
19 MOUNTAIN RIDGE DR2025-08$885,0002,31929.2%
49 LAGUNA DR2026-06$840,0002,24523.4%
33 KNOLL RD2025-03$922,0002,21830.6%
70 WEINMANNS BLVD2026-03$760,0002,39437.9%
100 WILSON AVE2026-01$742,5002,16031.7%
508 PINES LAKE DR E2026-06$750,0002,24230.7%
48 ALPS RD2026-01$640,0002,37533.4%
53 HERSHEY RD2025-07$852,5002,19636.8%
29 MANOR DR2025-04$880,0002,48930.8%
1666 HAMBURG TPKE2025-08$480,0002,35853.5%

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