The Fair Share Report

71 Armstrong Ave

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

≈ $562,391

Likely range $427,556 – $599,631, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,040 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 $562,391 home should be assessed near $201,448.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$124,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $76,748 below what the ratio math suggests (38.1%).

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

$7,480/yr
Public schools$4,162
Passaic County$1,560
Town of Wayne$1,757
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 22.2%

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%
83 FARMINGDALE RD2025-10$685,0001,10024.6%
82 MICHAEL DR2025-11$597,0001,10431.4%
31 MICHAEL DR2026-06$695,0001,01428.9%
1147B VALLEY RD2025-01$345,0001,08030.4%
26 GRAHAM AVE2025-07$625,0001,08427.1%
105 LIONSHEAD DR E2025-01$600,0001,15629.1%
94 MAC DONALD DR2026-06$620,0001,12729.4%
104 LIONSHEAD DR E2025-07$649,9101,12626.2%
50-1B KNOX TERRACE2025-12$370,00090028.1%
1148-2A VALLEY RD2025-08$355,00090029.3%
44 CANTON RD2025-11$735,0001,27524.2%

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