The Fair Share Report

284 Rt 565

Wantage, NJ 07461

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

≈ $452,707

Likely range $380,447 – $492,197, from 12 comparable Wantage sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

64.60%

The state's official measure of how far Wantage assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $452,707 home should be assessed near $292,449.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$264,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $27,649 below what the ratio math suggests (9.5%).

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

$3.002 per $100 assessed

$2.064 Schools · 69% $0.589 County · 20% $0.349 Town · 12%

Step 5 · The bill

$7,949/yr
Public schools$5,465
Sussex County$1,560
Town of Wantage$924
Wantage average$7,966

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

Town median 57.9%
This home · 58.5%

39%80%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wantage'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
20 CENTRAL SCHOOL RD2025-09$475,0001,89064.5%
166 MUDTOWN RD2026-04$328,0001,82870.2%
88 SHERMAN RIDGE RD2026-04$715,0001,74948.3%
81 CEMETERY RD2025-11$400,0001,94777.7%
2 COURTLAND DR2026-02$465,0001,78049.6%
90 LIBERTYVILLE RD2025-09$515,0002,08271.5%
2 ESTATE DR2025-12$580,0002,06248.1%
29 NEWMAN RD2026-04$500,0001,92446.6%
6 GERALDINE DR2025-09$465,0001,98269.1%
57 LAYTON RD2025-03$400,0001,47060.6%
102 BRINK RD2025-07$380,0001,50070.9%
19 CARD RD2026-03$500,0001,65658.6%

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