The Fair Share Report

85 Garside Ave

Wayne, NJ 07444

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

≈ $800,375

Likely range $651,715 – $975,126, 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 $800,375 home should be assessed near $286,694.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$277,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $9,594 below what the ratio math suggests (3.3%).

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

$16,620/yr
Public schools$9,248
Passaic County$3,467
Town of Wayne$3,905
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 34.6%

19%48%

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
53 CHOPIN DR2025-10$700,0002,31535.0%
951 BERDAN AVE2026-02$732,5002,19033.9%
72 LENOX RD2026-05$1,031,0002,30428.7%
29 PONDS CIRCLE2026-03$561,5002,33640.1%
16 PETERSON RD2025-06$850,0002,39832.4%
KNOX TERRACE2025-09$15,00024.7%
28 IOWA RD2025-08$995,0002,49328.6%
68 URBAN CLUB RD2025-07$980,0002,33533.7%
24 PONDS CIRCLE2026-05$600,0002,42035.0%
16 PONDS CIRCLE2025-02$645,0002,42030.3%
33 KNOLL RD2025-03$922,0002,21830.6%
64 MAGNOLIA PLACE2025-04$990,0002,37429.1%

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