The Fair Share Report

35 File Rd

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

≈ $420,067

Likely range $328,020 – $459,239, 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 $420,067 home should be assessed near $271,363.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$226,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,763 below what the ratio math suggests (16.5%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $2.892 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$6,553/yr
Public schools$4,505
Sussex County$1,286
Town of Wantage$762
Wantage average$7,966

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

Town median 57.9%
This home · 53.9%

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
81 CEMETERY RD2025-11$400,0001,94777.7%
100 GEMMER RD2025-04$280,0001,40066.8%
37 FILE RD2026-02$341,6501,60763.3%
83 BRINK RD2025-10$449,0001,71253.0%
5 BUTTERNUT RD2026-03$490,0001,73856.3%
29 NEWMAN RD2026-04$500,0001,92446.6%
2 COURTLAND DR2026-02$465,0001,78049.6%
15 MUDTOWN RD2025-02$390,0001,26054.1%
68 HOLLAND RD2025-06$530,0001,75046.7%
40 MEDAUGH RD2025-11$425,0001,94856.2%
59 SOUTH SHORE DR2026-01$385,0001,62656.4%
12 AUGUST LN2026-06$485,0001,67252.7%

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