The Fair Share Report

116 Fourth St

Hackettstown, NJ 07840

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

≈ $397,000

Likely range $343,692 – $426,025, from 12 comparable Hackettstown sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,104 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

74.38%

The state's official measure of how far Hackettstown assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $397,000 home should be assessed near $295,289.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$234,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $60,889 below what the ratio math suggests (20.6%).

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

$3.477 per $100 assessed

$2.070 Schools · 60% $0.676 County · 19% $0.731 Town · 21%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,150/yr
Public schools$4,852
Warren County$1,585
Town of Hackettstown$1,713
Hackettstown average$9,665

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

Town median 58.7%
This home · 59.0%

46%91%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Hackettstown'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
204 CHRISTOPHER ST2025-01$205,0001,118151.3%
103 CONNIE TERR2025-08$400,0001,08053.5%
411 HURLEY DR2025-05$397,0001,10456.5%
624 MADISON ST2025-07$452,5001,10854.7%
151 COLLEGE VIEW DR2025-11$480,0001,19459.0%
310 SHARP ST2025-10$395,0001,15253.3%
100 CHARLES ST2025-06$479,0001,10449.0%
128 COLLEGE VIEW DR2026-06$465,0001,20554.1%
226 ASHLEY AVE2025-06$410,0001,06652.6%
516 MONROE ST2026-05$500,0001,42850.4%
2 LAURIE TERR2026-02$360,0001,38663.5%
347 WILLOW GROVE ST2025-07$332,5001,37263.9%

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