The Fair Share Report

280 Passaic St

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

≈ $564,163

Likely range $537,393 – $605,431, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,364 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 $564,163 home should be assessed near $420,753.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$310,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $110,753 below what the ratio math suggests (26.3%).

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

$9,948/yr
Public schools$4,518
Bergen County$902
Town of Hackensack$4,527
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 54.9%

46%91%

Keep quiet and enjoy it

This home's assessment ratio sits below the Hackensack pack — the frozen assessment is treating it kindly. It pays less than a fresh look would charge.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
189 HERMAN ST2025-10$705,0001,40854.3%
119 POPLAR AVE2025-06$465,0001,36373.9%
114 OLD HOBOKEN RD2025-02$1,099,00068.2%
335 PARKER AVE2025-05$450,0001,33276.7%
178 FAIRMOUNT AVE2025-11$584,0001,24860.4%
99 TROAST ST2025-10$630,0001,31258.8%
321-323 SIMONS AVE2025-11$518,9721,26867.0%
88 CATALPA AVE.2025-06$620,0001,49962.5%
268 MARVIN AVE2025-07$550,0001,40262.3%
64 DAVIS AV2026-06$680,0001,53258.2%
113 JOHN ST2025-03$580,0001,41647.3%
50 SPRING VALLEY AVE.2025-09$550,0001,39666.4%

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