The Fair Share Report

166 Wheaton 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

≈ $336,119

Likely range $325,669 – $529,520, 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 $336,119 home should be assessed near $223,149.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$300,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $76,851 above what the ratio math suggests (34.4%).

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

$9,600/yr
Public schools$5,674
Bergen County$964
Town of Rutherford$2,963
Rutherford average$14,060

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

Town median 58.1%
This home · 89.3%

44%98%

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
215 ORIENT WAY2025-05$300,00084584.2%
14 ELIZABETH STREET2025-07$595,00097356.7%
126 HACKETT PLACE A1012026-03$333,00085452.0%
126 HACKETT PLACE B2042025-11$333,00085456.4%
126 HACKETT PLACE A2022025-11$310,00081658.1%
126 HACKETT PLACE2025-09$355,00091872.7%
206 EASTERN WAY2025-07$775,0001,08954.9%
51 MAPLE ST2025-07$625,0001,08654.6%
95 ORIENT WAY2025-07$350,00075155.8%
59 DANIEL AVENUE2025-10$706,0001,16253.2%
1 ORIENT WAY2026-02$415,00088281.0%
199 UNION AVENUE2025-06$382,00088863.0%

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