The Fair Share Report

141 Spring Valley Ave

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

≈ $623,948

Likely range $584,008 – $716,429, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,531 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 $623,948 home should be assessed near $465,340.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$409,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $55,440 below what the ratio math suggests (11.9%).

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

$13,154/yr
Public schools$5,974
Bergen County$1,193
Town of Hackensack$5,986
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 65.7%

49%91%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Hackensack'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
189 HERMAN ST2025-10$705,0001,40854.3%
64 DAVIS AV2026-06$680,0001,53258.2%
88 CATALPA AVE.2025-06$620,0001,49962.5%
194 LOUIS ST2025-07$690,0001,72460.9%
119 POPLAR AVE2025-06$465,0001,36373.9%
4 FRANKLIN PL2026-03$650,0001,70451.9%
246 ROSS AVE2026-02$620,0001,54059.4%
418 TAYLOR AVE2026-03$655,0001,54553.1%
27-29 MARTIN TERR2026-03$850,0001,72660.4%
317 KAPLAN AVE.2025-12$850,0001,76475.8%
178 FAIRMOUNT AVE2025-11$584,0001,24860.4%
431 BLANCHARD TERR2026-06$670,0001,64461.8%

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