The Fair Share Report

73 Rt 284

Wantage, NJ 07461

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

≈ $353,248

Likely range $267,269 – $431,209, from 12 comparable Wantage sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

64.60%

The state's official measure of how far Wantage assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $353,248 home should be assessed near $228,198.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$168,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $59,498 below what the ratio math suggests (26.1%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Wantage home

$3.002 per $100 assessed

$2.064 Schools · 69% $0.589 County · 20% $0.349 Town · 12%

This home's own bill implies $2.854 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$4,814/yr
Public schools$3,310
Sussex County$945
Town of Wantage$560
Wantage average$7,966

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

Town median 57.9%
This home · 47.8%

34%80%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wantage'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
15 MUDTOWN RD2025-02$390,0001,26054.1%
95 CRIGGER RD2025-02$442,0001,46860.0%
211 RT 5652025-09$390,0001,14056.1%
100 GEMMER RD2025-04$280,0001,40066.8%
59 DECKER RD2025-05$550,0001,39944.4%
171 MT SALEM RD2026-02$535,0001,48547.4%
3 SMITH RD2025-12$363,0001,34066.6%
708 RT 232026-06$425,0001,64861.7%
84 ALDER TERR2025-09$312,0001,45259.3%
54 LEWISBURG RD2025-01$350,0001,08850.1%
313 RT 5192025-08$195,0001,290100.3%
102 BRINK RD2025-07$380,0001,50070.9%

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