The Fair Share Report

166 Allen 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

≈ $599,906

Likely range $402,438 – $645,825, 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 $599,906 home should be assessed near $447,410.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$420,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $27,210 below what the ratio math suggests (6.1%).

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

$13,484/yr
Public schools$6,124
Bergen County$1,223
Town of Hackensack$6,137
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 70.0%

49%110%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
431 BLANCHARD TERR2026-06$670,0001,64461.8%
136 ELM AVE2025-01$460,0001,60487.9%
163 KENT ST2026-01$555,0001,53664.7%
181 ALLEN ST2026-05$675,0001,76882.2%
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-04$430,0001,70452.8%
42 LONGVIEW AVE2026-05$605,0001,44057.1%
246 ROSS AVE2026-02$620,0001,54059.4%
78 HERMAN ST2025-08$325,0001,480105.4%
378 LOOKOUT AVE2025-12$580,0001,48658.3%
189 HERMAN ST2025-10$705,0001,40854.3%
4 FRANKLIN PL2026-03$650,0001,70451.9%
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-09$355,0001,81273.9%

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