The Fair Share Report

8 Jeffrey 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

≈ $827,812

Likely range $790,206 – $931,272, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $827,812 home should be assessed near $296,522.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$260,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $35,722 below what the ratio math suggests (12.0%).

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

$15,643/yr
Public schools$8,704
Passaic County$3,263
Town of Wayne$3,675
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 31.5%

19%47%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
14 ARUNDEL RD2025-07$835,0002,28331.0%
66 LEONARD TERR2026-01$757,0002,20230.0%
KNOX TERRACE2025-09$15,00024.7%
16 BALDWIN TERR2025-09$869,0002,15429.8%
121 BALDWIN TERR2025-07$935,0002,28827.5%
12 HARMONY LANE2025-09$925,0002,26026.9%
63 ELERON PLACE2026-01$800,0002,16631.3%
109 CAROL PLACE2025-07$650,0002,20034.5%
38 STIRLING LANE2025-12$865,0002,32633.1%
8 AMBOY RD2026-06$920,0002,28725.1%
39 TERRACE RD2025-09$900,0002,19625.8%
35 DARLINGTON DR2026-04$940,0002,24525.9%

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