The Fair Share Report

657 Indian 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

≈ $974,974

Likely range $884,653 – $1,226,211, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,228 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 $974,974 home should be assessed near $349,236.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$256,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $92,736 below what the ratio math suggests (26.6%).

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

$15,385/yr
Public schools$8,561
Passaic County$3,209
Town of Wayne$3,615
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 26.3%

15%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%
17 TALL OAKS DR2025-06$900,0003,28434.7%
187 HILLCREST DR2026-01$1,200,0003,15932.3%
149 OLDHAM RD2026-02$890,0003,44634.0%
85 MOUNTAIN RIDGE DR2025-10$1,500,0003,53623.3%
15 COLONA RD2025-08$1,525,0003,16424.1%
23 PERRIN DR2025-11$1,450,0003,30523.8%
10 EMERSON PLACE2025-08$875,0002,89733.1%
115 WEBSTER DR2025-09$999,9993,38032.1%
78 WEINMANNS BLVD2025-07$860,0002,91730.5%
60 BRANDON AVE2025-12$680,0003,23438.0%
822 VALLEY RD2025-01$1,180,0003,54224.2%

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