The Fair Share Report

238 Jackson Ave

Hackensack, NJ 07059

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

≈ $237,397

Likely range $202,916 – $257,715, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $237,397 home should be assessed near $177,051.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$168,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $8,251 below what the ratio math suggests (4.7%).

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

$5,417/yr
Public schools$2,460
Bergen County$491
Town of Hackensack$2,465
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 71.1%

49%91%

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
391 PARK ST2025-05$242,50052565.6%
20 JEFFERSON ST.2025-04$260,00051066.6%
CONDO2025-06$270,00061962.1%
460 HEATH PL.2025-06$300,00061960.7%
480 CRESTWOOD AVE2024-12$250,00061967.1%
245 ANDERSON ST.2025-01$235,00051563.4%
245 ANDERSON ST.2025-11$260,00052460.4%
10 ORCHARD ST.2026-05$200,00052570.8%
10 ORCHARD ST2025-10$185,00052581.3%
279 CLARK ST.2025-07$280,00050960.2%
461 HEATH PL.2026-03$307,50063462.4%
296 ESPLANADE2026-03$310,00063460.6%

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