The Fair Share Report

25 Hackett Pl

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

≈ $738,373

Likely range $605,322 – $807,500, from 12 comparable Rutherford sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,938 sq ft.

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 $738,373 home should be assessed near $490,206.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$370,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $120,206 below what the ratio math suggests (24.5%).

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

$11,840/yr
Public schools$6,997
Bergen County$1,188
Town of Rutherford$3,654
Rutherford average$14,060

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

Town median 58.1%
This home · 50.1%

40%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
41 VANDERBURGH AVE2026-03$530,0002,05573.1%
104 WASHINGTON AVE2025-07$625,0002,00171.9%
24 SUNDERLAND AVE2026-03$815,0001,96663.6%
264 ORIENT WAY2025-09$1,100,0002,16256.3%
149 SPRINGFIELD AVE2025-08$625,0001,90576.4%
20 COURRIER PL2026-02$810,0002,12663.5%
73 CHESTNUT ST2025-05$500,0001,86776.0%
129 IRVING PLACE2025-10$850,0001,99448.1%
238 HOLLISTER AVE2025-10$850,0002,04065.3%
127 WASHINGTON AVE2025-06$475,0001,86449.3%
20 MYRTLE ST2025-06$805,0001,87859.7%
326 MORTIMER AVE2025-09$660,0001,63358.0%

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