The Fair Share Report

12 Pulaski Pl

Hackensack, NJ 07601

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

≈ $542,211

Likely range $513,279 – $562,292, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,616 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

74.58%

The state's official measure of how far Hackensack assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $542,211 home should be assessed near $404,381.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$490,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $86,119 above what the ratio math suggests (21.3%).

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

$3.208 per $100 assessed

$1.457 Schools · 45% $0.291 County · 9% $1.460 Town · 46%

Step 5 · The bill

$15,740/yr
Public schools$7,149
Bergen County$1,428
Town of Hackensack$7,164
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 90.5%

49%101%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (85.77%) — roughly $2,763/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
54 POLIFLY RD2025-02$460,0001,59074.5%
308 HAMILTON PL2025-07$550,0001,65070.9%
54 POLIFLY RD2025-03$486,5001,50768.1%
485 GARDNER PL2025-03$640,0001,53966.5%
13 ZABRISKIE ST2025-11$530,0001,71070.3%
17 ZABRISKIE ST2025-10$595,0001,71063.5%
150 GRAND AVE2026-05$542,7001,49755.3%
150 GRAND AVE.2025-07$520,0001,49765.6%
481A GARDNER PL2026-03$465,0001,46482.7%
177 HIGH ST2025-09$510,0001,52062.2%
88 SUSSEX ST2025-09$550,0001,62251.4%
114 LODI ST2025-09$493,0001,74865.9%

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