The Fair Share Report

206 Willow Ave

Hackensack, NJ 07601

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

≈ $561,265

Likely range $375,356 – $705,239, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,438 sq ft.

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 $561,265 home should be assessed near $418,591.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$381,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $36,991 below what the ratio math suggests (8.8%).

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

$12,246/yr
Public schools$5,562
Bergen County$1,111
Town of Hackensack$5,573
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 68.0%

49%107%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Hackensack'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
136 ELM AVE2025-01$460,0001,60487.9%
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-04$430,0001,70452.8%
431 BLANCHARD TERR2026-06$670,0001,64461.8%
42 LONGVIEW AVE2026-05$605,0001,44057.1%
262 SPRING VALLEY AVE.2026-05$680,0001,25050.2%
189 HERMAN ST2025-10$705,0001,40854.3%
163 KENT ST2026-01$555,0001,53664.7%
378 LOOKOUT AVE2025-12$580,0001,48658.3%
306 MARY ST2026-04$615,0001,25458.4%
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-09$355,0001,81273.9%
78 HERMAN ST2025-08$325,0001,480105.4%
248 PARKER AVE2025-04$575,0001,38752.8%

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