The Fair Share Report

193 Central Ave

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

≈ $559,899

Likely range $446,661 – $670,911, 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 $559,899 home should be assessed near $417,573.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$373,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,073 below what the ratio math suggests (10.6%).

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

$11,986/yr
Public schools$5,444
Bergen County$1,087
Town of Hackensack$5,455
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 66.7%

49%91%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
27-29 MARTIN TERR2026-03$850,0001,72660.4%
298 THIRD ST.2026-02$599,0001,82848.9%
253 SUTTON AVE2025-11$538,0001,67871.3%
345 FIRST ST.2025-01$430,0001,69171.9%
125 KANSAS ST2025-11$599,0001,96461.0%
309 LOOKOUT AVE2025-12$600,0001,97571.6%
337 HUDSON ST2026-03$625,0002,18551.8%
280 CENTRAL AVE2026-02$510,0002,03250.3%
114 LODI ST2025-09$493,0001,74865.9%
242 THIRD ST.2025-05$640,0002,19454.7%
122 DAVIS AVE2025-07$610,0001,66862.7%
131 DAVIS AVE2025-11$581,0001,64962.0%

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