The Fair Share Report

5 Beech St

Rutherford, NJ 07070

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

≈ $868,674

Likely range $679,429 – $1,041,364, from 12 comparable Rutherford sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

66.39%

The state's official measure of how far Rutherford assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $868,674 home should be assessed near $576,713.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$531,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $45,413 below what the ratio math suggests (7.9%).

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

$3.199 per $100 assessed

$1.890 Schools · 59% $0.321 County · 10% $0.987 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$17,002/yr
Public schools$10,048
Bergen County$1,707
Town of Rutherford$5,247
Rutherford average$14,060

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

Town median 58.1%
This home · 61.2%

44%84%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Rutherford'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
30 W PIERREPONT AVE2025-12$888,5002,45454.8%
264 ORIENT WAY2025-09$1,100,0002,16256.3%
33 W NEWELL AVE2026-02$740,0002,36170.5%
41 VANDERBURGH AVE2026-03$530,0002,05573.1%
63 GROVE STREET2025-09$1,175,0002,36048.2%
32 WINGRA AVE2026-01$965,0002,18853.8%
41 WASHINGTON AVENUE2025-12$770,0002,34954.5%
20 COURRIER PL2026-02$810,0002,12663.5%
104 WASHINGTON AVE2025-07$625,0002,00171.9%
246 MORTIMER AVE2026-02$550,0002,30896.7%
136 IRVING PLACE2026-01$675,0002,34871.0%
180 SPRINGFIELD AVE2025-04$1,150,0002,22051.8%

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