The Fair Share Report

36 Heights Rd

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

≈ $1,110,195

Likely range $968,809 – $1,202,216, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,578 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 $1,110,195 home should be assessed near $397,672.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$316,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $81,472 below what the ratio math suggests (20.5%).

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

$18,966/yr
Public schools$10,553
Passaic County$3,956
Town of Wayne$4,456
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 28.5%

19%47%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
84 BRANDON AVE2026-06$1,199,0003,62823.4%
822 VALLEY RD2025-01$1,180,0003,54224.2%
115 WEBSTER DR2025-09$999,9993,38032.1%
6 KIPP CT2025-09$980,0003,35033.0%
23 PERRIN DR2025-11$1,450,0003,30523.8%
61 CARLISLE RD2026-04$1,265,0003,41323.4%
134 ANDOVER DR2026-01$775,0003,37235.0%
85 PANCAKE HOLLOW DR2025-06$955,0003,52728.4%
53 PALMER DR2025-05$1,175,0003,49727.8%
48 KATHLEEN COURT2025-01$865,0003,80236.7%
21 FAIRMOUNT RD2025-06$1,050,0003,38430.1%
12 CHRISTINE COURT2025-04$999,9993,26730.8%

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