The Fair Share Report

115 Bailey Ave

Hillside, NJ 07205

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

≈ $494,839

Likely range $308,240 – $570,399, from 12 comparable Hillside sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

24.33%

The state's official measure of how far Hillside assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $494,839 home should be assessed near $120,394.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$97,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $22,794 below what the ratio math suggests (18.9%).

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

$8.899 per $100 assessed

$3.447 Schools · 39% $1.407 County · 16% $4.044 Town · 45%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,685/yr
Public schools$3,365
Union County$1,373
Town of Hillside$3,947
Hillside average$10,961

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

Town median 24.5%
This home · 19.7%

12%37%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Hillside'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
553 HARVARD AVE2026-01$470,0001,81920.7%
400 COLUMBIA AVE2025-08$750,0001,89225.8%
546 LEO ST2025-12$470,0001,52418.5%
393 PRINCETON AVE2026-03$270,0001,56038.7%
1229 ROBERT ST2026-06$570,0001,70822.6%
1534 HIAWATHA AVE2025-01$512,0001,49422.3%
1466 CENTER ST2025-08$325,0001,44029.5%
1607 SUMMIT AVE2025-01$350,0001,62728.0%
15 HOLLYWOOD AVE2025-10$481,0001,56124.2%
1439 COMPTON TERR2025-08$383,0001,51425.0%
1439 COMPTON TERR2025-05$290,0001,51433.0%
1439 COMPTON TERR2025-04$200,0001,51447.9%

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