The Fair Share Report

39 Cedar Pl

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

≈ $609,547

Likely range $550,449 – $638,838, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,108 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 $609,547 home should be assessed near $218,340.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$184,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $33,540 below what the ratio math suggests (15.4%).

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

$11,084/yr
Public schools$6,168
Passaic County$2,312
Town of Wayne$2,604
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 30.3%

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
30 SUNSET TERR2025-08$350,0001,10654.8%
26 GRAHAM AVE2025-07$625,0001,08427.1%
82 MICHAEL DR2025-11$597,0001,10431.4%
94 MAC DONALD DR2026-06$620,0001,12729.4%
83 FARMINGDALE RD2025-10$685,0001,10024.6%
55 VALLEY VIEW TERR2025-09$702,0001,23827.9%
105 LIONSHEAD DR E2025-01$600,0001,15629.1%
104 LIONSHEAD DR E2025-07$649,9101,12626.2%
15 DALEWOOD RD2025-12$475,0001,26132.5%
1147B VALLEY RD2025-01$345,0001,08030.4%
31 MICHAEL DR2026-06$695,0001,01428.9%
22 WOODLOT RD2026-04$711,1111,32020.6%

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