The Fair Share Report

384 First St

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

≈ $493,895

Likely range $408,276 – $558,850, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,472 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 $493,895 home should be assessed near $368,347.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$316,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $52,047 below what the ratio math suggests (14.1%).

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

$10,150/yr
Public schools$4,610
Bergen County$921
Town of Hackensack$4,619
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 64.0%

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
27-29 MARTIN TERR2026-03$850,0001,72660.4%
303 HAMILTON PL2025-07$416,1001,09648.0%
150 GRAND AVE2026-05$542,7001,49755.3%
150 GRAND AVE.2025-07$520,0001,49765.6%
54 POLIFLY RD2025-03$486,5001,50768.1%
485 GARDNER PL2025-03$640,0001,53966.5%
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-04$430,0001,70452.8%
316 PROSPECT AVE.2025-10$380,0001,42871.3%
34 EMERALD ST2025-01$400,0001,46180.5%
54 POLIFLY RD2025-02$460,0001,59074.5%
177 HIGH ST2025-09$510,0001,52062.2%
316 PROSPECT AVE.2026-01$343,0001,34371.3%

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