The Fair Share Report

92 Hardwick Ln

Wayne, NJ 07470

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only based on the average 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

≈ $847,964

Likely range $738,200 – $901,899, 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 $847,964 home should be assessed near $303,741.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$254,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $49,241 below what the ratio math suggests (16.2%).

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

$15,265/yr
Public schools$8,494
Passaic County$3,184
Town of Wayne$3,587
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 30.0%

19%47%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
109 CAROL PLACE2025-07$650,0002,20034.5%
508 PINES LAKE DR E2026-06$750,0002,24230.7%
66 LEONARD TERR2026-01$757,0002,20230.0%
18 BREEN TERR2025-07$861,0002,14431.2%
38 AUGUSTA DR2026-01$750,0002,13429.3%
39 TERRACE RD2025-09$900,0002,19625.8%
15 ELLA LANE2026-06$822,0002,07627.3%
97 GREEN KNOLLS DR2025-09$900,0002,33627.1%
258 TOTOWA RD2025-01$780,0002,10826.1%
16 HIGHLAND TERR2025-10$887,0302,31632.4%
12 HARMONY LANE2025-09$925,0002,26026.9%
100 WILSON AVE2026-01$742,5002,16031.7%

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