The Fair Share Report

61 Hershey 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

≈ $894,145

Likely range $879,132 – $967,566, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,364 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 $894,145 home should be assessed near $320,283.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$334,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $14,117 above what the ratio math suggests (4.4%).

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

$20,057/yr
Public schools$11,161
Passaic County$4,184
Town of Wayne$4,712
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 37.4%

19%47%

A touch high — worth watching

This home's ratio sits above most of Wayne, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (41.19%).

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
KNOX TERRACE2025-09$15,00024.7%
64 POWDER HORN DR2025-12$900,0002,40328.5%
121 BALDWIN TERR2025-07$935,0002,28827.5%
48 ALPS RD2026-01$640,0002,37533.4%
12 HARMONY LANE2025-09$925,0002,26026.9%
37 LARKSPUR RD2025-04$880,0002,45934.1%
526 INDIAN RD2025-06$975,0002,19127.1%
19 MOUNTAIN RIDGE DR2025-08$885,0002,31929.2%
37 BROOKWOOD DR2025-06$921,0002,43533.0%
8 YORKTOWN RD2025-05$950,0002,51627.6%
119 HERRICK RD2026-05$999,0002,42628.5%
38 STIRLING LANE2025-12$865,0002,32633.1%

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