The Fair Share Report

6 Fourth Ave

Wanaque, NJ 07420

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

≈ $444,835

Likely range $424,452 – $463,746, from 12 comparable Wanaque sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,056 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 $444,835 home should be assessed near $242,035.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$211,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $30,735 below what the ratio math suggests (12.7%).

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

$9,595/yr
Public schools$5,253
Passaic County$1,750
Town of Wanaque$2,593
Wanaque average$10,445

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

Town median 47.8%
This home · 47.5%

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
83 BURNSIDE PLACE2025-07$450,0001,05638.5%
149 JACKSON ST2025-09$450,0001,05642.4%
21 ROCKRIDGE ROAD2025-08$460,0001,09238.2%
45 BERGEN AVE2025-11$475,0001,05641.8%
45 BERGEN AVE2025-06$433,9001,05645.8%
57 BURNSIDE PLACE2025-06$440,0001,05638.8%
38 WANAQUE AVE2026-03$550,0001,05635.0%
24 ROSELAND AVE2026-04$385,0001,06644.3%
38 ROCKRIDGE ROAD2025-07$463,0381,15242.7%
31 BOULEVARD2025-04$415,00094541.4%
32 SMITH AVE2025-06$470,0001,17342.4%
6 ADAMS ST2025-01$450,0001,12643.7%

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