The Fair Share Report

494 Washington Ave

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

≈ $559,199

Likely range $428,257 – $592,539, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $559,199 home should be assessed near $417,051.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$308,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $108,551 below what the ratio math suggests (26.0%).

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

$9,900/yr
Public schools$4,496
Bergen County$898
Town of Hackensack$4,506
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 55.2%

47%91%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Hackensack'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
303 HAMILTON PL2025-07$416,1001,09648.0%
119 POPLAR AVE2025-06$465,0001,36373.9%
178 FAIRMOUNT AVE2025-11$584,0001,24860.4%
189 HERMAN ST2025-10$705,0001,40854.3%
325 SIMONS AVE2025-02$535,0001,12864.1%
321-323 SIMONS AVE2025-11$518,9721,26867.0%
99 TROAST ST2025-10$630,0001,31258.8%
335 PARKER AVE2025-05$450,0001,33276.7%
140 WILSON ST2025-12$615,0001,16856.5%
44 WORTH ST.2025-05$590,0001,06153.0%
262 SPRING VALLEY AVE.2026-05$680,0001,25050.2%
306 MARY ST2026-04$615,0001,25458.4%

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