The Fair Share Report

42 Tower 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

≈ $649,300

Likely range $563,374 – $695,343, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $649,300 home should be assessed near $232,579.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$166,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $66,279 below what the ratio math suggests (28.5%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $5.848 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$9,725/yr
Public schools$5,411
Passaic County$2,029
Town of Wayne$2,285
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 25.6%

18%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
24 LAKE TRAIL E2025-06$625,0001,28623.9%
44 HILLCREST DR2025-09$635,0001,41432.0%
20 FERN RIVER AVE2025-04$425,0001,32024.1%
38 LAUREL DR2025-05$735,0001,43222.9%
29 OLDHAM RD2025-08$480,0001,41227.9%
35 LENAPE TRAIL2025-06$560,0001,28727.8%
16 HILLSIDE TERR2026-05$650,0001,44628.3%
53 LAUREL DR2025-02$565,0001,23026.9%
34 OAKWOOD DR2025-03$620,0001,24831.0%
22 WOODLOT RD2026-04$711,1111,32020.6%
91 BEECHWOOD DR2026-05$767,5001,32025.0%
146 BEECHWOOD DR2025-08$730,0001,42328.0%

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