The Fair Share Report

31 Spring Valley Ave

Hackensack, NJ 07601

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only based on the average change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Hackensack's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $563,807

Likely range $556,626 – $645,035, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,360 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 $563,807 home should be assessed near $420,487.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$392,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $28,087 below what the ratio math suggests (6.7%).

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

$12,592/yr
Public schools$5,719
Bergen County$1,142
Town of Hackensack$5,731
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 69.6%

49%91%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
335 PARKER AVE2025-05$450,0001,33276.7%
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%
248 PARKER AVE2025-04$575,0001,38752.8%
388 PARKER AVE2025-02$583,0001,34274.3%
811 SUMMIT AVE2026-01$605,0001,46059.6%
418 TAYLOR AVE2026-03$655,0001,54553.1%
189 HERMAN ST2025-10$705,0001,40854.3%
119 POPLAR AVE2025-06$465,0001,36373.9%

Is this your house?

Run your own report →

Estimates from public records — NJ MOD-IV assessments, SR1A usable sales, and Treasury/DCA rate tables. Your house has a history. Write the next chapter on Plotline →