The Fair Share Report

4 Franklin Pl

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

≈ $631,111

Likely range $556,261 – $694,453, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,704 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 $631,111 home should be assessed near $470,683.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$337,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $133,683 below what the ratio math suggests (28.4%).

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

$10,814/yr
Public schools$4,912
Bergen County$981
Town of Hackensack$4,922
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 53.4%

43%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
194 LOUIS ST2025-07$690,0001,72460.9%
27-29 MARTIN TERR2026-03$850,0001,72660.4%
127 POPLAR AVE2025-11$708,8881,94456.8%
431 BLANCHARD TERR2026-06$670,0001,64461.8%
40 COLES AVE2025-07$670,0001,74065.5%
89 SUSSEX ST2025-07$455,0001,72075.9%
317 KAPLAN AVE.2025-12$850,0001,76475.8%
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-04$430,0001,70452.8%
181 ALLEN ST2026-05$675,0001,76882.2%
294 PASSAIC ST2025-04$610,0001,75458.8%
255 POPLAR AVE2025-01$695,0002,12958.0%
158 ROSS AVE2025-07$679,0002,06861.0%

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