The Fair Share Report

342 Valley 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

≈ $610,420

Likely range $473,117 – $690,967, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,256 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 $610,420 home should be assessed near $218,652.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$174,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,052 below what the ratio math suggests (20.1%).

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

$10,473/yr
Public schools$5,827
Passaic County$2,185
Town of Wayne$2,461
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 28.6%

19%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
129 TERHUNE DR2025-05$425,0001,24034.9%
1 WILLS AVE2025-03$520,0001,26025.1%
111 WEINMANNS BLVD2025-08$550,0001,10233.0%
15 DALEWOOD RD2025-12$475,0001,26132.5%
85 SHEFFIELD RD2025-10$805,0001,26422.4%
812 BLACK OAK RIDGE RD2025-11$690,0001,24824.1%
10 LAKE DR W2026-06$800,0001,44531.0%
24 LAKE TRAIL E2025-06$625,0001,28623.9%
96 LIONSHEAD DR E2026-06$655,0001,19727.3%
58 VAN DUYNE AVE2025-11$250,0001,52639.4%
53 LAUREL DR2025-02$565,0001,23026.9%
1087 RATZER RD2025-09$635,0001,32029.0%

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