The Fair Share Report

402 Third St

Hackettstown, NJ 07840

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

≈ $392,871

Likely range $355,569 – $479,685, from 12 comparable Hackettstown sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

74.38%

The state's official measure of how far Hackettstown assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $392,871 home should be assessed near $292,217.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$257,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $34,717 below what the ratio math suggests (11.9%).

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

$3.477 per $100 assessed

$2.070 Schools · 60% $0.676 County · 19% $0.731 Town · 21%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,953/yr
Public schools$5,330
Warren County$1,741
Town of Hackettstown$1,882
Hackettstown average$9,665

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

Town median 58.7%
This home · 65.5%

46%91%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Hackettstown'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
533 W VALLEY VIEW AVE2025-11$390,0001,38458.7%
117 CAROL DR2025-09$435,0001,40854.8%
309 SECOND ST2025-07$465,0001,38066.8%
2 LAURIE TERR2026-02$360,0001,38663.5%
108 MANOR DR2025-04$255,0001,51268.2%
347 WILLOW GROVE ST2025-07$332,5001,37263.9%
108 CAROL DR2025-04$494,0001,44455.9%
425 WILLOW GROVE ST2025-05$427,1251,37249.1%
220 CANAL WAY2026-06$429,0001,50850.9%
208 CANAL WAY2026-02$395,0001,50853.2%
154 CANAL WAY2025-03$427,0001,51556.2%
117 DEERFIELD DR2026-04$532,0001,53450.1%

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