The Fair Share Report

72 Maple 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

≈ $719,550

Likely range $597,186 – $807,165, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,069 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 $719,550 home should be assessed near $536,640.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$396,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $140,440 below what the ratio math suggests (26.2%).

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

$12,714/yr
Public schools$5,774
Bergen County$1,153
Town of Hackensack$5,786
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 55.1%

44%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
258 CLINTON PL2026-06$790,0002,02560.6%
168-70 CLAY ST2026-04$910,0002,07049.4%
172 BERRY ST2025-05$625,0001,94351.9%
64 DE WITT PL.2025-07$612,5001,71855.8%
115 SUSSEX ST2025-07$480,0001,66375.6%
115 FAIRMOUNT AVE2025-10$780,0002,07153.5%
89 SUSSEX ST2025-07$455,0001,72075.9%
255 POPLAR AVE2025-01$695,0002,12958.0%
114 OLD HOBOKEN RD2025-02$1,099,00068.2%
30 CLARENDON PL2026-04$960,0002,27045.6%
158 ROSS AVE2025-07$679,0002,06861.0%
294 PASSAIC ST2025-04$610,0001,75458.8%

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