The Fair Share Report

326 Prospect Ave

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

≈ $425,957

Likely range $380,297 – $433,902, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,159 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 $425,957 home should be assessed near $317,679.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$315,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $2,279 below what the ratio math suggests (0.7%).

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

$10,121/yr
Public schools$4,597
Bergen County$918
Town of Hackensack$4,606
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 74.0%

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
62 FREDERICK ST2026-05$589,0001,22750.8%
140 EUCLID AVE.2025-12$352,0001,17072.4%
140 EUCLID AVE.2025-12$364,9001,17064.4%
140 EUCLID AVE.2025-08$431,0001,17059.2%
140 EUCLID AVE.2025-07$435,0001,17058.6%
140 EUCLID AVE.2025-02$430,0001,17061.9%
420 PASSAIC ST2025-04$450,0001,20268.6%
54 POLIFLY RD2025-04$410,0001,22070.7%
54 POLIFLY RD2025-12$440,0001,22766.5%
54 POLIFLY RD2026-01$425,0001,22968.9%
219 CHARLES ST2025-08$435,0001,07252.3%
420 PASSAIC ST2025-05$455,00099061.2%

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