The Fair Share Report

960 Main St

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

≈ $194,188

Likely range $184,592 – $203,457, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 421 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 $194,188 home should be assessed near $144,825.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$126,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $18,725 below what the ratio math suggests (12.9%).

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

$4,047/yr
Public schools$1,838
Bergen County$367
Town of Hackensack$1,842
Hackensack average$10,305

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

Town median 66.5%
This home · 64.9%

49%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
301 BEECH ST2025-11$225,00042862.3%
391 PARK ST2025-05$242,50052565.6%
245 ANDERSON ST.2025-01$235,00051563.4%
245 ANDERSON ST.2025-11$260,00052460.4%
245 ANDERSON ST.2026-03$247,00053659.6%
245 ANDERSON ST.2025-11$250,00054259.2%
245 ANDERSON ST.2025-04$249,00054259.4%
9 VREELAND AVE.2026-05$235,00049461.5%
9 VREELAND AVE.2025-12$165,00049487.5%
300 LOOKOUT AVE2025-09$285,00065063.7%
110-14 SUSSEX ST.2026-02$226,00059062.6%
9 VREELAND AVE.2026-04$260,00053857.0%

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