The Fair Share Report

51 Wheeler 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

≈ $1,547,055

Likely range $1,424,597 – $1,854,642, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 4,865 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 $1,547,055 home should be assessed near $554,155.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$432,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $121,855 below what the ratio math suggests (22.0%).

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

$25,929/yr
Public schools$14,428
Passaic County$5,409
Town of Wayne$6,092
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 27.9%

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
801 FOUR SEASONS DR2025-12$530,00031.2%
3 LITTLE PLACE2025-07$1,245,0004,79730.1%
180 PINES LAKE DR E2025-09$2,200,0005,43026.8%
18 GATES PLACE2025-05$1,502,0005,00738.8%
12 JENNY LANE2025-09$1,299,9004,39429.8%
334 PINES LAKE DR E2025-08$1,975,0004,66431.0%
54 WHEELER RD2025-01$1,251,0003,93431.1%
4 FOREST HILL DR2025-12$1,132,0003,97434.0%
31 BOURBON ST2025-07$1,400,0003,99829.2%
17 FARMSTEAD LANE2025-07$1,460,0003,99629.9%
111 CHOPIN DR2026-05$1,400,0004,78133.9%
1118 PINES LAKE DR W2025-10$2,430,0005,04133.3%

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