The Fair Share Report

296 Esplanade

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

≈ $276,543

Likely range $244,453 – $290,000, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 634 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 $276,543 home should be assessed near $206,246.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$193,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $12,746 below what the ratio math suggests (6.2%).

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

$6,209/yr
Public schools$2,820
Bergen County$563
Town of Hackensack$2,826
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 70.0%

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
461 HEATH PL.2026-03$307,50063462.4%
418 ESPLANADE2025-07$290,00063465.5%
465 MAPLE HILL DR2025-08$285,00066359.0%
476 HEATH PL2025-07$300,00066355.3%
480 BLANCHARD TERR2025-05$250,00066368.8%
CONDO2025-06$270,00061962.1%
460 HEATH PL.2025-06$300,00061960.7%
480 CRESTWOOD AVE2024-12$250,00061967.1%
486 BLANCHARD TERR2025-12$320,00066961.1%
301 BEECH ST2025-12$260,00061260.9%
301 BEECH ST.2026-04$229,00060771.7%
300 LOOKOUT AVE2025-09$285,00065063.7%

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