The Fair Share Report

96 Park Ln

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.

Good news — this home pays less than its share

Its assessment sits low relative to what homes like it actually sell for. An appeal would only invite a fresh look at a number working in the owner's favor.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $709,189

Likely range $652,832 – $842,380, 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 $709,189 home should be assessed near $254,031.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$154,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $99,631 below what the ratio math suggests (39.2%).

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

$9,261/yr
Public schools$5,153
Passaic County$1,932
Town of Wayne$2,176
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 21.8%

13%47%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
122 BALSAM RD2025-09$726,0001,79129.6%
30 ALPINE DR2025-11$770,0001,79835.1%
267 CHURCH LANE2025-10$650,0001,73627.5%
429 PINES LAKE DR E2025-04$700,0001,75230.5%
48 DEERFIELD RD2026-04$832,0001,81327.2%
31 GARFIELD RD2025-11$780,0001,77527.1%
11 ELLA LANE2025-10$680,0001,72829.4%
7 MELANIE LANE2025-06$800,0001,71826.8%
37 DEERFIELD RD2025-09$630,0001,72929.1%
34 BERRY DR2025-11$709,0001,85230.4%
30 PERRIN DR2026-05$660,0001,73628.9%
1006 BLACK OAK RIDGE RD2026-06$660,0001,78624.8%

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