The Fair Share Report

503 Devon St

Kearny, NJ 07032

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

≈ $499,812

Likely range $403,071 – $535,000, from 12 comparable Kearny sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,188 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

16.08%

The state's official measure of how far Kearny assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $499,812 home should be assessed near $80,370.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$71,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $9,270 below what the ratio math suggests (11.5%).

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

$10.847 per $100 assessed

$5.124 Schools · 47% $1.917 County · 18% $3.806 Town · 35%

Step 5 · The bill

$7,713/yr
Public schools$3,644
Hudson County$1,363
Town of Kearny$2,706
Kearny average$10,749

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

Town median 15.5%
This home · 14.2%

7%24%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Kearny'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
670 DEVON ST2026-06$485,0001,20014.8%
373 HICKORY ST2025-11$405,0001,04014.3%
188 HOYT ST2025-08$528,0001,25513.6%
407 ELM ST2025-07$400,0001,37216.8%
43 JOHN ST2025-03$380,0001,1207.8%
405 ELM ST2026-02$400,0001,18414.3%
425 DAVIS AVE2026-04$415,0001,04416.6%
387-389 FOREST ST2025-05$510,0001,03216.6%
31 CHESTNUT ST2026-01$380,0001,22421.3%
278 FOREST ST2025-09$535,0001,18815.9%
141 OAKWOOD AVE2025-04$678,0001,15715.2%
242 MIDLAND AVE2026-04$655,0001,41514.0%

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