The Fair Share Report

6 Viola Ln

Wayne, NJ 07470

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Wayne's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $969,162

Likely range $894,938 – $1,128,144, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $969,162 home should be assessed near $347,154.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$363,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $16,546 above what the ratio math suggests (4.8%).

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

$21,815/yr
Public schools$12,139
Passaic County$4,551
Town of Wayne$5,125
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 37.5%

19%47%

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
78 VERKADE DR2025-10$999,9993,34437.2%
1316 ALPS RD2026-04$850,0003,22030.5%
10 TIMBERLINE DR2025-07$950,0003,00939.0%
295 FRENCH HILL RD2025-08$995,0003,28033.1%
4 BITOLA DR2025-06$972,0003,08234.5%
4 PETER PLACE2025-03$952,0003,17228.5%
8 WHEELER RD2025-10$1,025,0003,25640.1%
11 HUBBARDTON RD2025-08$1,200,0002,99729.4%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2025-07$520,0002,75531.3%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2026-03$685,0002,74825.2%
11 ROBIN HOOD WAY2026-01$1,250,0002,98926.6%
14 ALMADERA DR2025-10$999,9003,25336.4%

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