The Fair Share Report

4 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

≈ $387,090

Likely range $311,102 – $455,298, 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 $387,090 home should be assessed near $250,060.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$202,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $47,260 below what the ratio math suggests (18.9%).

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 $2.879 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$5,838/yr
Public schools$4,014
Sussex County$1,145
Town of Wantage$679
Wantage average$7,966

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

Town median 57.9%
This home · 52.4%

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
53 WALNUT ST2026-04$335,5351,29238.7%
59 SOUTH SHORE DR2026-01$385,0001,62656.4%
7 LOIS LN2025-10$440,0001,48457.9%
37 FAIRCHILD LN2025-10$360,0001,50953.2%
84 ALDER TERR2025-09$312,0001,45259.3%
711 RT 232025-05$75,0001,70490.3%
59 LAKEVIEW DR2025-11$220,0001,10552.2%
122 RT 2842025-03$390,0001,30058.3%
14 COVE LN2025-11$365,0001,31044.3%
708 RT 232026-06$425,0001,64861.7%
48 NEEPAULIN DR2025-07$420,0001,91261.5%
93 RT 2842026-06$278,3501,02059.5%

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