The Fair Share Report

2 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

≈ $990,375

Likely range $775,439 – $1,096,982, from 12 comparable Rutherford sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,461 sq ft.

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 $990,375 home should be assessed near $657,510.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$481,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $175,810 below what the ratio math suggests (26.7%).

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

$15,414/yr
Public schools$9,110
Bergen County$1,547
Town of Rutherford$4,757
Rutherford average$14,060

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

Town median 58.1%
This home · 48.6%

38%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
436 UNION AVE2025-09$550,0002,12879.3%
52 ORIENT WAY2026-01$895,0002,22459.2%
8 DEAN COURT2026-05$1,260,0002,95645.1%
41 WASHINGTON AVENUE2025-12$770,0002,34954.5%
40 WASHINGTON AVE2025-08$895,0002,24249.0%
70 INSLEY AVENUE2025-03$760,0002,41275.7%
63 GROVE STREET2025-09$1,175,0002,36048.2%
227 EASTERN WAY2025-12$1,160,0002,70851.5%
317 RIDGE ROAD2026-03$950,0002,00050.7%
133 DONALDSON AVE2025-07$1,175,0002,46749.6%
136 IRVING PLACE2026-01$675,0002,34871.0%
33 W NEWELL AVE2026-02$740,0002,36170.5%

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