The Fair Share Report

77 Chestnut Dr

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

≈ $625,425

Likely range $507,228 – $693,668, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,614 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 $625,425 home should be assessed near $224,027.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$200,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $23,227 below what the ratio math suggests (10.4%).

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

$12,044/yr
Public schools$6,702
Passaic County$2,512
Town of Wayne$2,830
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 32.1%

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
31 POINT VIEW PARKWAY2026-02$450,00031.8%
202 NEWARK POMPTON TPKE2025-12$470,0001,61634.7%
40 PROSPECT RD2025-10$620,0001,60025.6%
10 ORCHARD PLACE2026-05$350,0001,73146.4%
50 LEONARD TERR2025-11$680,0001,53625.7%
19 FERNDALE RD2026-05$480,0001,61133.6%
39 PACKANACK LK RD2025-04$650,0001,56428.8%
667 COLFAX RD2025-12$500,0001,59129.6%
27 CHESTNUT DR2025-03$605,0001,66632.3%
16 HILLSIDE TERR2026-05$650,0001,44628.3%
41 BRIARWOOD RD2025-06$665,0001,67226.8%
14 VALHALLA WAY2025-12$590,0001,46432.5%

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