The Fair Share Report

38 Rt 628

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

≈ $307,270

Likely range $271,762 – $350,528, 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 $307,270 home should be assessed near $198,496.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$169,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $28,696 below what the ratio math suggests (14.5%).

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%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,097/yr
Public schools$3,505
Sussex County$1,000
Town of Wantage$593
Wantage average$7,966

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

Town median 57.9%
This home · 55.3%

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
211 RT 5652025-09$390,0001,14056.1%
103 LOWER UNIONVILLE RD2025-11$150,000924135.5%
15 MUDTOWN RD2025-02$390,0001,26054.1%
63 HAGGERTY RD2025-07$325,0001,00856.0%
93 RT 2842026-06$278,3501,02059.5%
3 SMITH RD2025-12$363,0001,34066.6%
11 BRINK RD2026-05$410,6531,42657.3%
53 WALNUT ST2026-04$335,5351,29238.7%
59 LAKEVIEW DR2025-11$220,0001,10552.2%
57 LAYTON RD2025-03$400,0001,47060.6%
720 RT 5192026-06$350,0001,02058.5%
19 CARD RD2026-03$500,0001,65658.6%

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