The Fair Share Report

651 Ratzer 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

≈ $795,486

Likely range $702,201 – $925,361, 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 $795,486 home should be assessed near $284,943.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$244,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $40,543 below what the ratio math suggests (14.2%).

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

$14,659/yr
Public schools$8,157
Passaic County$3,058
Town of Wayne$3,444
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 30.7%

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
KNOX TERRACE2025-09$15,00024.7%
33 IOWA RD2025-04$715,0001,83034.1%
53 CHOPIN DR2025-10$700,0002,31535.0%
176 LAAUWE AVE2025-05$690,0001,98632.8%
951 BERDAN AVE2026-02$732,5002,19033.9%
197 RATZER RD2025-10$900,0001,87625.8%
72 LENOX RD2026-05$1,031,0002,30428.7%
16 MARLO RD2025-12$752,0002,02030.8%
287 LINDEN RD2025-11$1,050,0002,08427.9%
11 ASPEN COURT2025-09$920,0002,12930.7%
40 NEWARK AVE2025-11$690,0001,83626.6%
28 IOWA RD2025-08$995,0002,49328.6%

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