The Fair Share Report

148 Hackett Pl

Rutherford, NJ 07070

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

≈ $887,598

Likely range $830,865 – $1,025,704, from 12 comparable Rutherford sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

66.39%

The state's official measure of how far Rutherford assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $887,598 home should be assessed near $589,276.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$540,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $48,376 below what the ratio math suggests (8.2%).

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

$3.199 per $100 assessed

$1.890 Schools · 59% $0.321 County · 10% $0.987 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$17,309/yr
Public schools$10,229
Bergen County$1,737
Town of Rutherford$5,342
Rutherford average$14,060

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

Town median 58.1%
This home · 60.9%

44%82%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Rutherford'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
52 ORIENT WAY2026-01$895,0002,22459.2%
142 WASHINGTON AVE2025-04$900,0002,05653.1%
144 IRVING PLACE2025-10$870,0002,09458.5%
133 DONALDSON AVE2025-07$1,175,0002,46749.6%
86 WHEATON PLACE2025-12$1,115,0002,13347.2%
133 MORTIMER AVENUE2025-12$865,0002,06755.5%
171 JACKSON AVENUE2026-01$710,0001,85157.5%
436 UNION AVE2025-09$550,0002,12879.3%
317 RIDGE ROAD2026-03$950,0002,00050.7%
119 WHEATON PL2025-05$805,0002,03156.3%
334 PARK AVE2025-12$925,0002,08558.2%
19 YAHARA AVE2025-01$840,0001,84852.1%

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