The Fair Share Report

3 Ralph St

Wayne, NJ 07470

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Wayne's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $643,358

Likely range $612,972 – $708,373, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $643,358 home should be assessed near $230,451.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$172,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $57,651 below what the ratio math suggests (25.0%).

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

$10,365/yr
Public schools$5,767
Passaic County$2,162
Town of Wayne$2,435
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 26.9%

19%47%

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
130 BUNKER HILL RD2025-10$636,0002,02228.6%
42 MATTHEW RD2025-07$565,0002,09230.7%
3 BLACK BRIAR LANE2025-02$637,0142,09232.4%
12 HADLEY LANE2026-03$675,0002,01238.7%
157 WORCESTER DR2025-01$680,0002,01233.4%
39 MATTHEW RD2025-08$600,0002,08934.5%
11 CONISTON CT2025-07$630,0002,02832.7%
4 BIRDSEYE CIRCLE2026-05$750,0002,10629.2%
97 BOWFELL CT2025-06$625,0002,09030.4%
43 TANAGER CT2025-08$721,0002,24028.9%
31 GANNET CT2026-04$775,0002,07527.8%
10 GREENUP CT2026-02$625,0001,88933.4%

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