The Fair Share Report

485 Gardner Pl

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

≈ $496,830

Likely range $475,505 – $535,500, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,539 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 $496,830 home should be assessed near $370,536.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$425,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $55,264 above what the ratio math suggests (14.9%).

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

$13,664/yr
Public schools$6,206
Bergen County$1,239
Town of Hackensack$6,219
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 85.7%

49%95%

A touch high — worth watching

This home's ratio sits above most of Hackensack, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (85.77%).

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
96 BERRY ST2025-04$525,0001,50572.7%
110 BERRY ST2025-03$465,0001,50579.6%
54 POLIFLY RD2025-03$486,5001,50768.1%
54 POLIFLY RD2025-02$460,0001,59074.5%
150 GRAND AVE2026-05$542,7001,49755.3%
150 GRAND AVE.2025-07$520,0001,49765.6%
481A GARDNER PL2026-03$465,0001,46482.7%
308 HAMILTON PL2025-07$550,0001,65070.9%
39 UNION ST2025-04$459,0001,40073.5%
13 ZABRISKIE ST2025-11$530,0001,71070.3%
17 ZABRISKIE ST2025-10$595,0001,71063.5%
326 PROSPECT AVE2025-01$299,0001,54998.5%

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