The Fair Share Report

423 Devon St

Kearny, NJ 07470

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

≈ $538,470

Likely range $531,307 – $596,923, from 12 comparable Kearny sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,552 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

16.08%

The state's official measure of how far Kearny assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $538,470 home should be assessed near $86,586.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$75,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $11,186 below what the ratio math suggests (12.9%).

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

$10.847 per $100 assessed

$5.124 Schools · 47% $1.917 County · 18% $3.806 Town · 35%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,179/yr
Public schools$3,864
Hudson County$1,446
Town of Kearny$2,870
Kearny average$10,749

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

Town median 15.5%
This home · 14.0%

7%24%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Kearny'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
206 SANFORD AVE2025-01$585,0001,55412.4%
203 BRIGHTON AVE2025-06$526,0001,53414.6%
466 DEVON ST2025-02$450,0001,49017.2%
63 HILLCREST RD2025-03$575,0001,67317.8%
224 OAKWOOD AVE2025-02$634,3751,45015.8%
288 ELM ST2025-09$440,0001,57515.4%
73 WILLIAM ST2025-08$605,0001,54814.7%
46 OAKWOOD AVENUE2025-08$545,0001,59215.8%
480 BELGROVE DR2025-04$490,0001,42215.2%
22 TRINITY PL2025-02$535,0001,54215.3%
812 CHESTNUT ST2024-12$550,0001,43014.5%
244 FOREST ST2026-01$520,0001,45016.8%

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