The Fair Share Report

40 Coles 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

≈ $641,915

Likely range $557,878 – $772,324, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,740 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 $641,915 home should be assessed near $478,740.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$438,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $40,140 below what the ratio math suggests (8.4%).

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

$14,075/yr
Public schools$6,392
Bergen County$1,277
Town of Hackensack$6,406
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 68.3%

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
317 KAPLAN AVE.2025-12$850,0001,76475.8%
823 SUMMIT AVE2025-01$585,0001,84068.1%
27-29 MARTIN TERR2026-03$850,0001,72660.4%
184 HIGH ST2025-11$928,0001,79860.9%
122 DAVIS AVE2025-07$610,0001,66862.7%
345 FIRST ST.2025-01$430,0001,69171.9%
131 DAVIS AVE2025-11$581,0001,64962.0%
131 DAVIS AVE2025-06$380,0001,64994.8%
253 SUTTON AVE2025-11$538,0001,67871.3%
258 ROSS AVE2026-05$705,0001,91158.7%
64 DAVIS AV2026-06$680,0001,53258.2%
4 FRANKLIN PL2026-03$650,0001,70451.9%

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