The Fair Share Report

197 Eastern Way

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

≈ $592,696

Likely range $498,446 – $675,740, 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 $592,696 home should be assessed near $393,491.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$287,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $105,791 below what the ratio math suggests (26.9%).

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

$9,206/yr
Public schools$5,441
Bergen County$924
Town of Rutherford$2,841
Rutherford average$14,060

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

Town median 58.1%
This home · 48.5%

37%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
126 HACKETT PLACE A2042025-12$270,0001,09288.9%
126 HACKETT PL B2012025-07$365,0001,09258.6%
11 AYER PL2026-01$670,0001,32253.4%
368 RIVERSIDE AVENUE2025-08$555,0001,22255.9%
47 ELYCROFT PKWY2026-05$615,0001,31461.2%
32 GROVE ST2025-11$525,0001,25663.9%
55 INSLEY AVENUE2026-02$750,0001,24847.3%
109 DANIEL AVE2026-03$635,0001,20056.0%
10 SUNDERLAND AVE2025-03$490,0001,29076.8%
39 HAWTHORNE ST2025-06$517,5001,31276.1%
272 VAN WINKLE PLACE2025-06$607,9141,39357.6%
97 MOUNTAIN WAY2026-04$850,0001,60051.4%

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