The Fair Share Report

5 E Field Dr

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

≈ $486,832

Likely range $462,224 – $567,288, 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 $486,832 home should be assessed near $314,493.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$316,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $1,707 above what the ratio math suggests (0.5%).

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

$9,492/yr
Public schools$6,526
Sussex County$1,862
Town of Wantage$1,104
Wantage average$7,966

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

Town median 57.9%
This home · 65.0%

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
163 MUDTOWN RD2025-10$449,9992,17857.0%
127 LAYTON RD2025-10$635,0002,13347.9%
13 GATHERING RD2025-07$450,0002,29860.8%
23 AMERICAN WAY2025-02$476,5002,29861.8%
20 NORTH FIELD DR2025-12$590,0002,39656.2%
6 CLYDESDALE RIDGE RD2026-06$710,0002,56348.4%
21 FAIRCHILD LN2025-04$451,0002,15152.5%
14 SPRING HOLLOW RD2025-10$360,0002,12957.7%
33 QUARRY RD2025-12$580,0002,57649.6%
21 PROSPECT CI2026-01$450,0002,07752.6%
135 NEILSON RD2025-08$459,0002,14064.3%
19 PROSPECT CI2026-04$450,0002,07752.6%

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