The Fair Share Report

212 Central 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

≈ $679,167

Likely range $606,121 – $826,672, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,119 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 $679,167 home should be assessed near $506,523.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$593,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $87,377 above what the ratio math suggests (17.3%).

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

$19,058/yr
Public schools$8,656
Bergen County$1,729
Town of Hackensack$8,674
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 87.4%

49%103%

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
280 CENTRAL AVE2026-02$510,0002,03250.3%
115 FAIRMOUNT AVE2025-10$780,0002,07153.5%
212 SO MAIN ST2026-04$840,0002,12446.4%
121 SUSSEX ST2025-01$425,0002,19783.8%
123 KANSAS ST2025-10$700,0002,18455.7%
119 JOHN ST2025-02$550,0002,29881.8%
337 HUDSON ST2026-03$625,0002,18551.8%
309 LOOKOUT AVE2025-12$600,0001,97571.6%
125 KANSAS ST2025-11$599,0001,96461.0%
242 THIRD ST.2025-05$640,0002,19454.7%
258 CLINTON PL2026-06$790,0002,02560.6%
298 THIRD ST.2026-02$599,0001,82848.9%

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