The Fair Share Report

91 Ryerson Ave

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

≈ $348,992

Likely range $326,011 – $395,489, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 962 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 $348,992 home should be assessed near $125,009.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$96,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $28,609 below what the ratio math suggests (22.9%).

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

$5,782/yr
Public schools$3,217
Passaic County$1,206
Town of Wayne$1,359
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 27.6%

19%47%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
65 MAPLEWOOD AVE2025-06$500,0001,00030.1%
KNOX TERRACE2025-09$15,00024.7%
50-1B KNOX TERRACE2025-12$370,00090028.1%
1148-2A VALLEY RD2025-08$355,00090029.3%
25-1A HINCHMAN AVE2026-06$379,90088926.7%
69 LIONSHEAD BLVD2025-09$480,00086430.5%
17B ATHERTON CT2026-05$225,00090032.9%
1267B VALLEY RD2026-04$280,00090026.5%
39A ATHERTON CT2026-04$305,00090024.3%
78 MANCHESTER CT2026-01$326,50090024.8%
30A ATHERTON CT2026-01$310,00090023.9%
22B ATHERTON CT2025-10$325,00090022.8%

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