The Fair Share Report

5 Summit Ct

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

≈ $646,092

Likely range $598,302 – $674,297, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,860 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 $646,092 home should be assessed near $481,855.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$534,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $52,545 above what the ratio math suggests (10.9%).

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

$17,149/yr
Public schools$7,789
Bergen County$1,556
Town of Hackensack$7,805
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 82.7%

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
114 OLD HOBOKEN RD2025-02$1,099,00068.2%
13 ZABRISKIE ST2025-11$530,0001,71070.3%
17 ZABRISKIE ST2025-10$595,0001,71063.5%
308 HAMILTON PL2025-07$550,0001,65070.9%
54 POLIFLY RD2025-02$460,0001,59074.5%
485 GARDNER PL2025-03$640,0001,53966.5%
150 GRAND AVE2026-05$542,7001,49755.3%
150 GRAND AVE.2025-07$520,0001,49765.6%
54 POLIFLY RD2025-03$486,5001,50768.1%
172 BERRY ST2025-05$625,0001,94351.9%
481A GARDNER PL2026-03$465,0001,46482.7%
294 PASSAIC ST2025-04$610,0001,75458.8%

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