The Fair Share Report

79 Ashburn Rd

Wayne, NJ 07470

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Wayne's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $961,705

Likely range $828,613 – $987,370, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,547 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 $961,705 home should be assessed near $344,483.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$251,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $93,483 below what the ratio math suggests (27.1%).

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

$15,055/yr
Public schools$8,377
Passaic County$3,141
Town of Wayne$3,537
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 26.1%

19%47%

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
19 HARWOOD PLACE2026-06$1,105,0002,56626.1%
16 LAWRENCE RD2026-05$1,280,0002,53823.8%
27 BRISTOL PLACE2025-07$990,0002,60929.4%
37 LARKSPUR RD2025-04$880,0002,45934.1%
69 NORMANDY DR2025-12$710,0002,60635.0%
5 WINONAH AVE2025-02$615,0002,40835.5%
32 SEARS PLACE2025-05$840,0002,58231.6%
6 WEBSTER DR2025-09$999,0002,57724.4%
25 ASHBURN RD2025-08$950,0002,42330.0%
KNOX TERRACE2025-09$15,00024.7%
12 BAKER ST2025-10$825,0002,47932.8%
37 BROOKWOOD DR2025-06$921,0002,43533.0%

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