The Fair Share Report
481A Gardner Pl
Hackensack, NJ 07601
The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.
This home's payments are about right
It sits inside Hackensack's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.
Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $472,618 – $530,737, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,464 sq ft.
Step 2 · The Director's Ratio
The state's official measure of how far Hackensack assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $506,265 home should be assessed near $377,572.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $6,728 above what the ratio math suggests (1.8%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Hackensack home
$1.457 Schools · 45% $0.291 County · 9% $1.460 Town · 46%
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Hackensack sale · assessed ÷ market
49%91%
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 POLIFLY RD | 2025-03 | $486,500 | 1,507 | 68.1% |
| 485 GARDNER PL | 2025-03 | $640,000 | 1,539 | 66.5% |
| 54 POLIFLY RD | 2025-02 | $460,000 | 1,590 | 74.5% |
| 150 GRAND AVE | 2026-05 | $542,700 | 1,497 | 55.3% |
| 150 GRAND AVE. | 2025-07 | $520,000 | 1,497 | 65.6% |
| 308 HAMILTON PL | 2025-07 | $550,000 | 1,650 | 70.9% |
| 54 POLIFLY RD | 2026-01 | $425,000 | 1,229 | 68.9% |
| 54 POLIFLY RD | 2025-12 | $440,000 | 1,227 | 66.5% |
| 54 POLIFLY RD | 2025-04 | $410,000 | 1,220 | 70.7% |
| 13 ZABRISKIE ST | 2025-11 | $530,000 | 1,710 | 70.3% |
| 17 ZABRISKIE ST | 2025-10 | $595,000 | 1,710 | 63.5% |
| 420 PASSAIC ST | 2025-04 | $450,000 | 1,202 | 68.6% |
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