The Fair Share Report

95 Eastern Way

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

≈ $686,487

Likely range $570,027 – $756,549, from 12 comparable Rutherford sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,825 sq ft.

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 $686,487 home should be assessed near $455,759.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$455,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $259 below what the ratio math suggests (0.1%).

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

$14,576/yr
Public schools$8,614
Bergen County$1,463
Town of Rutherford$4,499
Rutherford average$14,060

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

Town median 58.1%
This home · 66.4%

44%85%

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
149 SPRINGFIELD AVE2025-08$625,0001,90576.4%
103 SYLVAN ST2026-02$570,0001,72473.7%
179 WASHINGTON AVE2025-02$650,0001,72868.1%
73 CHESTNUT ST2025-05$500,0001,86776.0%
127 WASHINGTON AVE2025-06$475,0001,86449.3%
104 WASHINGTON AVE2025-07$625,0002,00171.9%
24 SUNDERLAND AVE2026-03$815,0001,96663.6%
41 VANDERBURGH AVE2026-03$530,0002,05573.1%
264 ORIENT WAY2025-09$1,100,0002,16256.3%
20 MYRTLE ST2025-06$805,0001,87859.7%
207 W NEWELL AVE2025-08$760,0001,84559.3%
326 MORTIMER AVE2025-09$660,0001,63358.0%

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