The Fair Share Report

230 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

≈ $592,233

Likely range $533,354 – $655,973, 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 $592,233 home should be assessed near $393,183.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$366,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $26,583 below what the ratio math suggests (6.8%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $3.132 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$11,481/yr
Public schools$6,785
Bergen County$1,152
Town of Rutherford$3,543
Rutherford average$14,060

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

Town median 58.1%
This home · 61.9%

44%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
115 WILSON AVE2025-02$426,8001,36476.2%
47 VANDERBURGH AVE2025-11$565,0001,32866.4%
272 VAN WINKLE PLACE2025-06$607,9141,39357.6%
10 SUNDERLAND AVE2025-03$490,0001,29076.8%
114 DANIEL AVE2025-09$650,0001,55875.3%
39 HAWTHORNE ST2025-06$517,5001,31276.1%
47 ELYCROFT PKWY2026-05$615,0001,31461.2%
40 CARMITA AVE2025-09$500,0001,38680.6%
11 AYER PL2026-01$670,0001,32253.4%
20 WALNUT ST2025-11$560,0001,26773.1%
189 SUMMIT CROSS2025-01$560,0001,30379.4%
135 WHEATON PL2025-08$750,0001,47655.2%

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