The Fair Share Report

235 Prospect 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

≈ $245,430

Likely range $231,429 – $269,016, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 678 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 $245,430 home should be assessed near $183,042.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$207,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $23,958 above what the ratio math suggests (13.1%).

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

$6,643/yr
Public schools$3,017
Bergen County$603
Town of Hackensack$3,023
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 84.3%

49%95%

A touch high — worth watching

This home's ratio sits above most of Hackensack, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (85.77%).

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
300 LOOKOUT AVE2025-09$285,00065063.7%
150 OVERLOOK AVE2025-05$265,00071676.5%
150 OVERLOOK AVE2025-05$310,00078068.4%
150 OVERLOOK AVE2025-04$275,00079177.5%
150 OVERLOOK AVE2025-04$286,00079173.8%
150 OVERLOOK AVE2026-04$285,00079163.2%
300 LOOKOUT AVE2025-03$338,00076957.0%
150 OVERLOOK AVE2026-02$270,00079175.9%
150 OVERLOOK AVE2025-08$249,00079180.9%
307 PROSPECT AVE2025-05$270,00083875.6%
307 PROSPECT AVE2025-01$332,50083868.6%
307 PROSPECT AVE2026-05$320,00088463.8%

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