The Fair Share Report

550 Berdan Ave

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

≈ $804,863

Likely range $697,585 – $875,545, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,060 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 $804,863 home should be assessed near $288,302.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$210,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $77,902 below what the ratio math suggests (27.0%).

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

$12,620/yr
Public schools$7,022
Passaic County$2,633
Town of Wayne$2,965
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 26.1%

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
886 ALPS RD2025-04$705,0002,02535.0%
58 HARDWICK LANE2025-10$679,5002,15636.0%
197 RATZER RD2025-10$900,0001,87625.8%
476 TERHUNE DR2025-11$620,0001,65628.6%
33 IOWA RD2025-04$715,0001,83034.1%
47 SUNSET TERR2025-07$889,0002,19028.2%
70 WEINMANNS BLVD2026-03$760,0002,39437.9%
111 LAKE DR E2025-03$975,0002,29433.7%
53 CHOPIN DR2025-10$700,0002,31535.0%
474 NEWARK POMPTON TPKE2025-05$575,0001,69831.2%
99 CHESTNUT DR2025-07$807,0002,01628.1%
24 CASTLES DR2025-05$825,0001,87032.9%

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