The Fair Share Report

320 Mc Lean Pl

Hillside, NJ 07205

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

≈ $495,742

Likely range $455,416 – $537,473, from 12 comparable Hillside sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

24.33%

The state's official measure of how far Hillside assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $495,742 home should be assessed near $120,614.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$131,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $10,986 above what the ratio math suggests (9.1%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Hillside home

$8.899 per $100 assessed

$3.447 Schools · 39% $1.407 County · 16% $4.044 Town · 45%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,711/yr
Public schools$4,537
Union County$1,852
Town of Hillside$5,323
Hillside average$10,961

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

Town median 24.5%
This home · 26.5%

14%36%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Hillside'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
286 MC LEAN PL2026-01$468,0001,56230.9%
523 COLUMBIA AVE2026-04$450,0001,44021.7%
35 EASTERN PARKWAY2026-05$650,0001,56221.1%
331 ITASKA ST2025-04$483,5001,30829.6%
124 WOODRUFF PLACE2026-05$490,0001,53627.0%
1596 CRESCENT AVE2025-11$430,0001,30222.1%
111 HOLLYWOOD AVE2025-04$585,0001,79224.3%
600 PLYMOUTH RD2026-03$590,0001,74024.9%
600 PLYMOUTH RD2025-08$420,0001,74035.0%
926 ROANOKE AVE2026-06$582,0001,45023.1%
20 EASTERN PARKWAY2025-11$585,0001,79024.5%
584 PLYMOUTH RD2025-09$350,0001,50033.5%

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