The Fair Share Report

146 Poor St

Hackensack, NJ 07601

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.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Hackensack's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $628,040

Likely range $434,094 – $680,618, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $628,040 home should be assessed near $468,392.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$417,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $50,792 below what the ratio math suggests (10.8%).

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

$13,401/yr
Public schools$6,086
Bergen County$1,216
Town of Hackensack$6,099
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 66.5%

49%102%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
163 KENT ST2026-01$555,0001,53664.7%
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-04$430,0001,70452.8%
54 WILLOW AVE2025-02$775,0001,86473.4%
184 HIGH ST2025-11$928,0001,79860.9%
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-09$355,0001,81273.9%
42 LONGVIEW AVE2026-05$605,0001,44057.1%
431 BLANCHARD TERR2026-06$670,0001,64461.8%
78 HERMAN ST2025-08$325,0001,480105.4%
137 AMES ST.2025-09$590,0001,95666.9%
378 LOOKOUT AVE2025-12$580,0001,48658.3%
136 ELM AVE2025-01$460,0001,60487.9%
140 DAVIS AVE.2026-02$675,0001,96561.9%

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