The Fair Share Report

277 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

≈ $308,297

Likely range $295,197 – $314,877, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 922 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 $308,297 home should be assessed near $229,928.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$197,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $32,828 below what the ratio math suggests (14.3%).

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

$6,325/yr
Public schools$2,873
Bergen County$574
Town of Hackensack$2,879
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 63.9%

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
160 OVERLOOK AVE2025-01$310,00091769.0%
160 OVERLOOK AVE2026-02$320,00093773.3%
160 OVERLOOK AVE.2025-06$320,00093770.2%
160 OVERLOOK AVE2025-05$340,00093766.4%
160 OVERLOOK AVE.2025-04$250,00093785.1%
160 OVERLOOK AVE2025-01$300,00093777.1%
160 OVERLOOK AVE2025-10$320,00095775.1%
140 EUCLID AVE.2026-04$320,00096065.7%
140 EUCLID AVE.2025-12$315,00096066.7%
300 LOOKOUT AVE2025-04$283,00082770.1%
300 LOOKOUT AVE2025-03$338,00076957.0%
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-07$285,0001,00473.0%

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