The Fair Share Report

256 Devon St

Kearny, NJ 07032

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

≈ $602,627

Likely range $536,535 – $636,159, from 12 comparable Kearny sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

16.08%

The state's official measure of how far Kearny assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $602,627 home should be assessed near $96,902.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$78,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $18,502 below what the ratio math suggests (19.1%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Kearny home

$10.847 per $100 assessed

$5.124 Schools · 47% $1.917 County · 18% $3.806 Town · 35%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,505/yr
Public schools$4,018
Hudson County$1,503
Town of Kearny$2,984
Kearny average$10,749

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

Town median 15.5%
This home · 13.0%

7%24%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Kearny'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
140 TAPPAN ST2025-04$550,0001,66413.3%
184 CHESTNUT ST2025-07$695,0001,66511.2%
288 ELM ST2025-09$440,0001,57515.4%
100 LAUREL AVE2025-10$570,0001,72514.4%
124 BELGROVE DR2026-04$430,0001,61418.3%
419 ELM ST2025-12$650,0001,80013.7%
63 HILLCREST RD2025-03$575,0001,67317.8%
138 TAPPAN ST2025-02$502,0001,91117.7%
102 PLEASANT PL2026-05$687,1021,82613.6%
42 GRANT AVE2025-08$625,0001,73212.4%
42 PAVONIA AVE2026-01$695,0001,68517.1%
56 TAPPAN ST2025-07$550,0001,47615.3%

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