The Fair Share Report

9 Wayne St

Dover, NJ 07801

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

≈ $486,468

Likely range $466,008 – $578,681, from 12 comparable Dover sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,965 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

61.38%

The state's official measure of how far Dover assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $486,468 home should be assessed near $298,594.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$253,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,994 below what the ratio math suggests (15.1%).

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

$3.489 per $100 assessed

$1.500 Schools · 43% $0.346 County · 10% $1.643 Town · 47%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,851/yr
Public schools$3,805
Morris County$878
Town of Dover$4,168
Dover average$8,409

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

Town median 48.4%
This home · 52.1%

33%76%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Dover'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
70 DAVIS AVE A&B2025-11$480,0002,02453.8%
44 PROSPECT ST2025-05$487,5001,98848.2%
103-105 KING ST2025-06$630,0002,23841.9%
78 JAMES ST2025-12$549,9001,75049.1%
228 S MORRIS ST A&B2025-11$580,0002,05238.1%
101 PRINCETON AVE A&B2025-02$585,0002,36350.7%
32 HINCHMAN AVE2025-09$565,0001,89344.6%
52 CENTRAL AVE2025-10$400,0001,60056.4%
101 HARDING AVE2025-01$460,0001,56247.9%
59 LINCOLN AVE2025-09$530,0002,22846.9%
60 NEW ST2025-01$434,0001,85874.5%
365 W CLINTON ST2025-01$500,0002,22851.5%

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