The Fair Share Report

316 Prospect Ave

Hackensack, NJ 07024

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

≈ $342,667

Likely range $309,279 – $382,205, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,028 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 $342,667 home should be assessed near $255,561.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$502,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $246,839 above what the ratio math suggests (96.6%).

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

$16,122/yr
Public schools$7,322
Bergen County$1,462
Town of Hackensack$7,337
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 146.6%

49%168%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (85.77%) — roughly $7,919/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
344 PROSPECT AVE.2025-09$240,0001,03990.4%
344 PROSPECT AVE.2025-09$341,0001,14767.6%
290 ANDERSON ST.2026-05$330,00089863.2%
420 PASSAIC ST2025-05$455,00099061.2%
290 ANDERSON ST.2025-04$435,0001,17060.1%
140 EUCLID AVE.2026-04$320,00096065.7%
140 EUCLID AVE.2025-12$315,00096066.7%
55 CLINTON PL.2025-04$325,00095566.4%
115 POLIFLY RD.2025-12$338,5001,07261.5%
115 POLIFLY RD.2025-08$250,0001,07283.3%
38 MOONACHIE RD2025-02$380,0001,11568.1%
62 FREDERICK ST2026-05$589,0001,22750.8%

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