The Fair Share Report

6 First St

Wanaque, NJ 07465

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

≈ $516,979

Likely range $495,769 – $535,351, from 12 comparable Wanaque sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,289 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

54.41%

The state's official measure of how far Wanaque assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $516,979 home should be assessed near $281,288.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$211,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $69,488 below what the ratio math suggests (24.7%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Wanaque home

$4.540 per $100 assessed

$2.486 Schools · 55% $0.828 County · 18% $1.227 Town · 27%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,618/yr
Public schools$5,265
Passaic County$1,754
Town of Wanaque$2,599
Wanaque average$10,445

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

Town median 47.8%
This home · 41.0%

33%68%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wanaque'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
11 GEORGE ST2025-11$575,0001,43235.8%
107 MONROE ST2025-04$445,0001,33441.4%
30 DECKER ROAD2026-04$575,0001,25640.2%
74 BURNSIDE PLACE2025-03$480,0001,24839.1%
8 PHELAN COURT2025-04$515,0001,24036.1%
90 BURNSIDE PLACE2025-11$550,0001,33638.2%
6 ADAMS ST2025-01$450,0001,12643.7%
86 BURNSIDE PLACE2026-03$612,0001,38036.5%
9 EAST ST2025-06$449,00098442.3%
13 FRANKLIN PLACE2025-07$450,0001,12842.8%
126 JEFFERSON ST2026-05$475,0001,48040.9%
1192 RINGWOOD AVE2025-02$450,0001,12244.3%

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