The Fair Share Report

35 Pelham 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

≈ $970,125

Likely range $923,435 – $1,009,671, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,198 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 $970,125 home should be assessed near $347,499.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$286,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $60,899 below what the ratio math suggests (17.5%).

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

$17,190/yr
Public schools$9,565
Passaic County$3,586
Town of Wayne$4,039
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 29.5%

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
1316 ALPS RD2026-04$850,0003,22030.5%
4 PETER PLACE2025-03$952,0003,17228.5%
78 VERKADE DR2025-10$999,9993,34437.2%
295 FRENCH HILL RD2025-08$995,0003,28033.1%
8 WHEELER RD2025-10$1,025,0003,25640.1%
10 TIMBERLINE DR2025-07$950,0003,00939.0%
16 WINONAH AVE2026-01$855,0002,96134.6%
11 ROBIN HOOD WAY2026-01$1,250,0002,98926.6%
11 HUBBARDTON RD2025-08$1,200,0002,99729.4%
111 PACKANACK LK RD2025-10$675,0003,46838.3%
12 CHRISTINE COURT2025-04$999,9993,26730.8%
1008 VALLEY RD2025-01$998,0003,20528.8%

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