The Fair Share Report

421 Thompson 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

≈ $288,550

Likely range $280,409 – $326,484, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 995 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 $288,550 home should be assessed near $215,201.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$365,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $149,799 above what the ratio math suggests (69.6%).

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

$11,713/yr
Public schools$5,320
Bergen County$1,062
Town of Hackensack$5,331
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 126.5%

49%136%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (85.77%) — roughly $4,806/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
90 PROSPECT AVE2025-07$285,0001,00473.0%
208 ANDERSON ST2026-04$299,0001,10068.7%
208 ANDERSON ST2025-08$318,0001,10077.9%
208 ANDERSON ST2025-03$310,0001,10076.3%
208 ANDERSON ST2025-03$280,0001,10073.3%
208 ANDERSON ST2025-03$319,0001,10078.2%
90 PROSPECT AVE2026-04$290,0001,11162.7%
369 DE WOLF PL2025-05$580,0001,02569.0%
140 EUCLID AVE.2026-04$320,00096065.7%
140 EUCLID AVE.2025-12$315,00096066.7%
311 STANDISH AVE2025-11$580,0001,13156.0%
208 ANDERSON ST2026-04$245,00080065.7%

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