The Fair Share Report

237 Springfield Ave

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

≈ $743,800

Likely range $546,166 – $877,209, 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 $743,800 home should be assessed near $493,809.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$485,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $8,809 below what the ratio math suggests (1.8%).

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%

Step 5 · The bill

$15,520/yr
Public schools$9,172
Bergen County$1,558
Town of Rutherford$4,790
Rutherford average$14,060

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

Town median 58.1%
This home · 65.2%

44%94%

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
25 RIVERVIEW AVENUE2025-10$605,0001,91069.5%
179 WASHINGTON AVE2025-02$650,0001,72868.1%
76 MONTROSS AVE2026-06$965,0001,74447.4%
64 W NEWELL AVE2025-06$1,042,0002,45354.5%
103 SYLVAN ST2026-02$570,0001,72473.7%
171 JACKSON AVENUE2026-01$710,0001,85157.5%
120 CHESTNUT ST./UNIT C2025-12$851,0001,72855.8%
19 YAHARA AVE2025-01$840,0001,84852.1%
65 E GOUVERNEUR AVE2026-02$755,0001,87851.0%
191 DONALDSON AVE2026-05$905,0001,91650.8%
427 STUYVESANT AVE2025-01$580,0001,75079.8%
149 SPRINGFIELD AVE2025-08$625,0001,90576.4%

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