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Ranking of Mass. communities by average property tax

This chart ranks cities and towns in Massachusetts by their current average property tax bill for single-family homes. Source: State Department of Revenue and Globe interviews with assessors.
 Average house values, property taxes by community: | Alphabetical | Ranked by tax bill
 City or town FY 2005 FY 2006 Change in
average
tax bill
FY 2005-6
Average
home value
Average
single family
tax bill
Average
home value
Average
single family
tax bill
Weston $1,243,898 $11,767 $1,293,000 $12,865 9.33%
Sherborn $666,814 $9,889 $779,723 $10,885 10.07%
Lincoln $1,070,359 $9,730 $1,128,780 $10,498 7.89%
Brookline $903,850 $9,999 $1,190,000 $10,420 4.21%
Dover $1,066,814 $9,004 $1,099,287 $10,004 11.11%
Carlisle $730,874 $9,224 $738,114 $9,588 3.95%
Concord $898,455 $8,805 $906,265 $9,271 5.29%
Sudbury $601,849 $8,101 $660,961 $8,956 10.55%
Cohasset $747,522 $7,804 $776,932 $8,422 7.92%
Wellesley (1) $900,444 $7,564 $987,192 $8,213 8.58%
Belmont $718,971 $7,686 $767,679 $7,992 3.98%
Acton $499,657 $6,900 $529,771 $7,724 11.94%
Winchester $697,016 $7,263 $730,942 $7,580 4.36%
Newton $743,345 $7,047 $787,736 $7,373 4.63%
Boxborough $508,428 $6,660 $551,921 $7,307 9.71%
Medfield $549,099 $7,094 $575,797 $7,290 2.76%
Manchester $922,358 $7,139 $965,556 $7,290 2.12%
Southborough $525,798 $6,667 $556,920 $6,884 3.25%
Harvard $630,860 $6,315 $630,156 $6,862 8.66%
Sharon $425,412 $6,628 $452,645 $6,839 3.18%
Hopkinton $488,227 $6,015 $516,402 $6,440 7.07%
Hamilton $483,780 $6,057 $539,548 $6,437 6.27%
Stow $423,035 $6,075 $457,435 $6,422 5.71%
Andover $522,042 $6,009 $561,362 $6,400 6.51%
Topsfield $527,573 $6,363 $548,705 $6,398 0.55%
Swampscott $497,314 $5,615 $523,116 $6,377 13.57%
Duxbury $576,186 $5,843 $639,256 $6,290 7.65%
Westborough $412,110 $5,922 $449,792 $6,234 5.27%
Westford $416,940 $5,704 $461,379 $5,961 4.51%
Bedford $486,567 $5,440 $510,982 $5,861 7.74%
Groton $410,961 $5,688 $413,486 $5,859 3.01%
Marblehead $634,829 $5,244 $689,893 $5,816 10.91%
Cambridge $957,606 $5,792 $972,790 $5,632 -2.76%
Norfolk $388,731 $4,859 $445,224 $5,556 14.34%
Holliston $364,311 $5,293 $391,799 $5,548 4.82%
Lynnfield $528,022 $5,386 $555,044 $5,528 2.64%
North Andover $459,013 $5,288 $493,703 $5,500 4.01%
Longmeadow $310,225 $5,311 $358,803 $5,475 3.09%
Milton $480,409 $5,064 $538,912 $5,470 8.02%
Reading $419,960 $5,279 $448,732 $5,421 2.69%
West Newbury $512,097 $5,208 $526,503 $5,349 2.71%
North Reading $438,647 $4,878 $480,629 $5,119 4.94%
Northborough $367,221 $4,891 $413,877 $5,078 3.82%
Arlington $415,167 $4,542 $444,515 $5,041 10.99%
Hanover $441,531 $4,751 $459,947 $5,009 5.43%
Dunstable $375,462 $4,791 $409,069 $4,958 3.49%
Middleton $460,745 $4,695 $502,106 $4,906 4.49%
Berlin $372,862 $4,519 $408,609 $4,813 6.51%
Walpole $409,365 $4,499 $432,084 $4,727 5.07%
Chelmsford $331,102 $4,467 $357,329 $4,688 4.95%
Littleton $362,927 $4,119 $382,382 $4,654 12.99%
Mansfield $385,467 $4,533 $409,298 $4,625 2.03%
Wrentham $392,098 $4,282 $425,539 $4,579 6.94%
Marion $552,539 $4,404 $653,326 $4,573 3.84%
Natick $405,943 $4,303 $455,038 $4,559 5.95%
Boylston $376,617 $4,384 $385,257 $4,504 2.74%
Canton $440,243 $4,147 $476,376 $4,445 7.19%
Plympton $353,844 $4,430 $381,380 $4,382 -1.08%
Lancaster $286,221 $4,053 $321,482 $4,353 7.40%
Easton $377,850 $4,039 $406,037 $4,336 7.35%
Rockport $493,806 $4,242 $517,072 $4,328 2.03%
Maynard $296,249 $3,899 $333,897 $4,311 10.57%
Princeton $326,713 $4,064 $357,514 $4,283 5.39%
Tyngsborough $339,539 $4,024 $368,443 $4,274 6.21%
Nahant $521,766 $4,101 $582,084 $4,232 3.19%
Foxborough $354,761 $3,878 $409,838 $4,230 9.08%
Wilbraham $237,845 $4,034 $276,083 $4,219 4.59%
Williamstown $292,011 $3,995 $351,522 $4,183 4.71%
Millis $351,973 $4,083 $363,463 $4,180 2.38%
Leverett $250,852 $4,054 $308,341 $4,163 2.69%
Rowley $384,512 $3,853 $419,469 $4,111 6.70%
Stoneham $383,534 $4,012 $423,582 $4,096 2.09%
Merrimac $313,558 $3,631 $367,836 $3,973 9.42%
Mendon $373,479 $3,660 $410,632 $3,963 8.28%
East Longmeadow $217,798 $3,681 $231,735 $3,958 7.53%
Kingston $328,685 $3,704 $382,994 $3,918 5.78%
Plainville $306,781 $3,620 $369,677 $3,904 7.85%
Danvers $364,921 $3,751 $392,196 $3,883 3.52%
Shutesbury $201,398 $3,686 $223,862 $3,873 5.07%
Paxton $295,711 $3,800 $311,490 $3,866 1.74%
Hull $366,343 $3,682 $414,833 $3,858 4.78%
Great Barrington $245,488 $3,623 $286,345 $3,854 6.38%
Halifax $295,014 $3,422 $320,483 $3,852 12.57%
Georgetown $398,397 $3,613 $419,087 $3,847 6.48%
Wakefield $392,008 $3,552 $412,089 $3,828 7.77%
Pembroke $351,351 $3,535 $371,581 $3,809 7.75%
Westhampton $210,522 $3,560 $277,414 $3,745 5.20%
Groveland $370,517 $3,475 $386,714 $3,709 6.73%
Holden $275,512 $3,576 $299,765 $3,705 3.61%
Billerica $313,531 $3,449 $348,328 $3,696 7.16%
Quincy $335,481 $3,637 $356,548 $3,683 1.26%
Conway $248,377 $3,651 $272,813 $3,683 0.88%
Whately $213,487 $3,476 $239,866 $3,672 5.64%
Hopedale $301,924 $3,472 $348,364 $3,668 5.65%
Burlington $368,476 $2,985 $406,991 $3,663 22.71%
Wilmington $348,545 $3,405 $376,615 $3,657 7.40%
Carver $278,029 $3,328 $316,252 $3,586 7.75%
Grafton $335,468 $3,486 $355,492 $3,583 2.78%
Milford $289,429 $3,424 $314,875 $3,574 4.38%
Marshfield $398,400 $3,446 $428,418 $3,560 3.31%
Sutton $312,091 $3,208 $346,639 $3,557 10.88%
Bridgewater $342,577 $3,344 $389,672 $3,550 6.16%
West Bridgewater $282,150 $3,406 $339,320 $3,546 4.11%
Shrewsbury $346,425 $3,374 $382,712 $3,536 4.80%
East Bridgewater $308,389 $3,402 $325,188 $3,515 3.32%
Holbrook $274,448 $3,579 $303,805 $3,488 -2.54%
Whitman $276,669 $3,229 $305,832 $3,465 7.31%
Oak Bluffs $541,542 $3,287 $602,128 $3,462 5.32%
Uxbridge $282,733 $3,299 $318,807 $3,440 4.27%
Lenox $351,213 $3,344 $368,016 $3,430 2.57%
Plymouth $308,979 $3,223 $344,900 $3,408 5.74%
Hanson $314,889 $3,218 $342,650 $3,392 5.41%
Rochester $338,011 $3,113 $342,318 $3,382 8.64%
Belchertown $210,906 $3,187 $239,384 $3,363 5.52%
Stoughton $307,990 $3,302 $335,597 $3,353 1.54%
Sturbridge $263,062 $3,249 $284,054 $3,352 3.17%
Sunderland $225,541 $3,250 $246,233 $3,317 2.06%
Norton $304,202 $3,261 $349,027 $3,312 1.56%
Raynham $308,881 $3,166 $349,048 $3,299 4.20%
Townsend $237,700 $3,214 $266,316 $3,262 1.49%
Pepperell $308,439 $3,121 $309,904 $3,260 4.45%
Douglas $268,064 $2,962 $291,398 $3,258 9.99%
Orleans $679,982 $2,985 $782,056 $3,253 8.98%
Westminster $237,765 $3,032 $276,459 $3,240 6.86%
Millville $271,069 $3,069 $272,745 $3,199 4.24%
Northampton $239,587 $3,079 $271,890 $3,189 3.57%
Middleborough $282,641 $3,067 $321,926 $3,165 3.20%
Waltham n.a. $2,923 $393,900 $3,164 8.24%
North Attleborough $331,525 $3,080 $349,628 $3,150 2.27%
Haverhill (1) $278,724 $2,985 $297,995 $3,141 5.23%
Dighton $270,433 $2,883 $324,035 $3,133 8.67%
Mashpee $465,300 $3,020 $491,959 $3,119 3.28%
Chilmark $1,535,213 $3,009 $1,666,111 $3,082 2.43%
Seekonk $285,408 $3,011 $327,414 $3,065 1.79%
Revere $283,853 $2,875 $302,346 $3,063 6.54%
Braintree $351,407 $2,945 $399,244 $3,054 3.70%
Blackstone $248,535 $2,863 $283,662 $3,052 6.60%
Shirley $260,099 $2,866 $284,631 $3,051 6.45%
Greenfield $156,645 $2,990 $166,690 $3,037 1.57%
West Springfield $183,204 $2,836 $193,087 $3,033 6.95%
New Braintree $211,281 $2,901 $233,385 $3,025 4.27%
Stockbridge $435,685 $2,841 $448,080 $3,020 6.30%
Chatham $730,816 $2,879 $806,189 $3,007 4.45%
Southampton $207,408 $2,922 $237,063 $3,006 2.87%
Millbury $228,240 $2,643 $262,796 $2,999 13.47%
Hatfield $230,385 $2,850 $240,551 $2,990 4.91%
Dracut $286,669 $2,835 $318,728 $2,990 5.47%
Lanesborough $172,628 $2,831 $180,093 $2,968 4.84%
Ludlow $183,882 $2,751 $210,091 $2,962 7.67%
Brimfield $197,678 $2,851 $228,367 $2,960 3.82%
Weymouth $319,494 $2,828 $330,914 $2,955 4.49%
Brookfield $176,802 $2,875 $218,543 $2,950 2.61%
Bourne $401,984 $2,689 $453,258 $2,946 9.56%
Dalton $160,349 $2,829 $178,925 $2,943 4.03%
Deerfield $225,173 $2,646 $253,428 $2,927 10.62%
Attleboro $270,436 $2,729 $298,744 $2,910 6.63%
Warwick $122,294 $2,536 $167,489 $2,903 14.47%
Chesterfield $154,579 $2,867 $203,600 $2,897 1.05%
Westfield $174,215 $2,728 $204,446 $2,887 5.83%
South Hadley $189,912 $2,796 $226,993 $2,881 3.04%
Worcester $211,038 $2,781 $229,800 $2,879 3.52%
Harwich $446,863 $2,788 $488,485 $2,877 3.19%
Southwick $184,851 $2,719 $225,534 $2,871 5.59%
Peabody $335,804 $2,787 $376,730 $2,863 2.73%
Malden (1) $314,781 $2,735 $346,973 $2,849 4.17%
Granby $198,144 $2,711 $227,405 $2,836 4.61%
Somerville n.a. $2,592 $412,400 $2,788 7.56%
Bellingham $260,318 $2,684 $284,296 $2,783 3.69%
Dartmouth $355,635 $2,649 $408,190 $2,763 4.30%
Acushnet $246,611 $2,688 $286,631 $2,763 2.79%
Boston (1) n.a. $2,520 $368,459 $2,750 9.13%
Lynn (1) $256,992 $2,616 $276,000 $2,743 4.85%
Ayer $272,169 $2,469 $291,905 $2,741 11.02%
Granville $193,450 $2,631 $228,350 $2,740 4.14%
Falmouth $458,494 $2,673 $504,454 $2,739 2.47%
Shelburne $194,153 $2,400 $227,026 $2,738 14.08%
Wellfleet $537,632 $2,597 $595,544 $2,734 5.28%
Northbridge $284,893 $2,581 $317,123 $2,734 5.93%
Rutland $248,035 $2,726 $260,967 $2,719 -0.26%
Brewster $431,736 $2,616 $486,736 $2,716 3.82%
Lee $180,041 $2,542 $199,886 $2,676 5.27%
Oxford $211,651 $2,519 $231,766 $2,665 5.80%
Worthington $188,165 $2,559 $198,263 $2,663 4.06%
Bernardston $151,697 $2,609 $193,629 $2,653 1.69%
Egremont $333,822 $2,724 $390,556 $2,644 -2.94%
Brockton $239,735 $2,546 $275,757 $2,631 3.34%
Hubbardston $236,104 $2,540 $247,352 $2,624 3.31%
Barnstable $460,173 $2,784 $514,465 $2,614 -6.11%
Hawley $112,514 $2,239 $141,110 $2,611 16.61%
Auburn $217,684 $2,580 $248,239 $2,602 0.85%
Buckland $152,959 $2,301 $182,123 $2,601 13.04%
Warren $169,029 $2,490 $180,228 $2,552 2.49%
Alford $501,149 $2,481 $512,074 $2,535 2.18%
Russell $157,715 $2,271 $159,396 $2,530 11.40%
Charlton $254,698 $2,407 $273,387 $2,512 4.36%
Hadley $238,028 $2,387 $270,435 $2,510 5.15%
Easthampton $193,718 $2,385 $215,355 $2,502 4.91%
Leicester $215,666 $2,264 $249,513 $2,498 10.34%
Peru $129,008 $2,064 $140,279 $2,479 20.11%
Gardner $187,162 $2,353 $200,097 $2,463 4.67%
Colrain $139,492 $2,282 $147,175 $2,462 7.89%
Barre $203,985 $2,391 $220,065 $2,460 2.89%
Petersham $224,949 $3,100 $237,618 $2,452 -20.90%
Fitchburg $184,037 $2,365 $203,041 $2,449 3.55%
Monson $184,954 $2,406 $200,174 $2,438 1.33%
West Brookfield $208,191 $2,346 $231,021 $2,437 3.88%
New Marlborough $293,141 $2,116 $343,882 $2,421 14.41%
Agawam $172,477 $2,320 $202,496 $2,414 4.05%
Holland $175,139 $2,298 $190,515 $2,410 4.87%
Tyringham $373,594 $2,279 $399,069 $2,394 5.05%
New Salem $173,365 $2,257 $219,273 $2,394 6.07%
Montague $152,404 $2,295 $164,094 $2,388 4.05%
New Bedford $195,621 $2,224 $215,860 $2,346 5.49%
Taunton (1) $261,262 $2,257 $300,500 $2,344 3.85%
Pittsfield (1) $143,036 $2,239 $149,800 $2,344 4.69%
Eastham $420,278 $2,198 $488,786 $2,292 4.28%
Westport $363,755 $2,233 $426,673 $2,274 1.84%
Winchendon $167,764 $1,980 $194,736 $2,267 14.49%
Yarmouth $318,551 $2,179 $380,180 $2,254 3.44%
Huntington $144,737 $2,052 $178,018 $2,250 9.65%
Chelsea (1) $261,200 $1,884 $301,300 $2,238 18.79%
North Brookfield $189,243 $1,995 $217,856 $2,213 10.93%
Wales $143,977 $2,114 $162,135 $2,207 4.40%
Fairhaven $252,734 $2,110 $270,994 $2,200 4.27%
Oakham $228,375 $2,044 $241,777 $2,132 4.31%
Chicopee $149,123 $2,034 $161,511 $2,114 3.93%
Sandisfield $207,578 $1,901 $238,251 $2,106 10.78%
Orange $139,689 $1,985 $149,633 $2,099 5.74%
Spencer $213,442 $1,857 $242,746 $2,061 10.99%
Washington $156,400 $2,093 $157,086 $2,030 -3.01%
Dudley $232,329 $1,949 $246,104 $1,949 0.00%
Becket $163,713 $1,657 $199,745 $1,828 10.32%
Savoy $129,597 $1,709 $139,166 $1,820 6.50%
Dennis $381,410 $1,743 $424,102 $1,807 3.67%
Mount Washington $286,908 $1,429 $318,037 $1,660 16.17%
Otis $210,422 $1,559 $279,504 $1,621 3.98%
Athol $159,437 $1,553 $168,600 $1,614 3.93%
Cheshire $151,334 $1,542 $169,038 $1,538 -0.26%
North Adams $112,625 $1,376 $121,335 $1,404 2.03%
Abington $335,172 $3,623 n.a. n.a. --
Adams $105,164 $1,847 n.a. n.a. --
Amesbury $320,493 $4,564 n.a. n.a. --
Amherst $279,238 $4,660 n.a. n.a. --
Aquinnah $988,564 $3,588 n.a. n.a. --
Ashburnham $214,231 $2,905 n.a. n.a. --
Ashby $232,679 $2,748 n.a. n.a. --
Ashfield $194,193 $2,606 n.a. n.a. --
Ashland $343,035 $4,713 n.a. n.a. --
Avon $290,074 $2,750 n.a. n.a. --
Berkley $299,546 $2,342 n.a. n.a. --
Beverly $422,989 $4,247 n.a. n.a. --
Blandford $167,719 $2,050 n.a. n.a. --
Bolton $466,413 $6,516 n.a. n.a. --
Boxford $607,716 $6,399 n.a. n.a. --
Charlemont $159,935 $2,732 n.a. n.a. --
Chester $120,961 $2,269 n.a. n.a. --
Clarksburg $120,825 $1,398 n.a. n.a. --
Clinton $227,442 $2,654 n.a. n.a. --
Cummington $173,323 $2,049 n.a. n.a. --
Dedham $384,309 $4,028 n.a. n.a. --
East Brookfield $221,286 $2,293 n.a. n.a. --
Edgartown $957,862 $2,921 n.a. n.a. --
Erving $143,031 $908 n.a. n.a. --
Essex $436,991 $4,435 n.a. n.a. --
Everett $278,862 $2,376 n.a. n.a. --
Fall River $208,549 $1,587 n.a. n.a. --
Florida $80,673 $940 n.a. n.a. --
Framingham $350,237 $4,129 n.a. n.a. --
Franklin $383,268 $3,515 n.a. n.a. --
Freetown $282,320 $2,789 n.a. n.a. --
Gill $168,050 $2,405 n.a. n.a. --
Gloucester $463,014 $4,162 n.a. n.a. --
Goshen $168,511 $2,587 n.a. n.a. --
Gosnold $553,686 $1,251 n.a. n.a. --
Hampden $223,683 $3,494 n.a. n.a. --
Hancock $203,164 $1,097 n.a. n.a. --
Hardwick $163,092 $2,075 n.a. n.a. --
Heath $147,868 $2,712 n.a. n.a. --
Hingham $580,633 $5,783 n.a. n.a. --
Hinsdale $146,814 $2,167 n.a. n.a. --
Holyoke $160,514 $2,173 n.a. n.a. --
Hudson $309,465 $3,200 n.a. n.a. --
Ipswich $435,378 $4,071 n.a. n.a. --
Lakeville $308,825 $2,823 n.a. n.a. --
Lawrence $192,471 $1,867 n.a. n.a. --
Leominster $238,172 $2,801 n.a. n.a. --
Lexington $639,120 $7,248 n.a. n.a. --
Leyden $185,672 $3,205 n.a. n.a. --
Lowell $243,384 $2,478 n.a. n.a. --
Lunenburg $265,212 $3,538 n.a. n.a. --
Marlborough n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. --
Mattapoisett $402,594 $3,792 n.a. n.a. --
Medford $348,500 $3,286 n.a. n.a. --
Medway $348,630 $4,961 n.a. n.a. --
Melrose $403,029 $3,926 n.a. n.a. --
Methuen $272,860 $2,740 n.a. n.a. --
Middlefield $143,097 $2,371 n.a. n.a. --
Monroe $69,564 $1,106 n.a. n.a. --
Monterey $327,336 $2,154 n.a. n.a. --
Montgomery $193,537 $2,555 n.a. n.a. --
Nantucket n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. --
Needham $574,089 $5,517 n.a. n.a. --
New Ashford $165,314 $1,276 n.a. n.a. --
Newbury $416,897 $3,523 n.a. n.a. --
Newburyport $428,562 $4,508 n.a. n.a. --
Northfield $162,867 $2,235 n.a. n.a. --
Norwell $540,543 $5,730 n.a. n.a. --
Norwood $357,995 $2,961 n.a. n.a. --
Palmer $163,440 $2,389 n.a. n.a. --
Pelham $249,304 $3,937 n.a. n.a. --
Phillipston $178,062 $1,866 n.a. n.a. --
Plainfield $174,040 $2,269 n.a. n.a. --
Provincetown $666,283 $3,705 n.a. n.a. --
Randolph $292,536 $2,867 n.a. n.a. --
Rehoboth $341,718 $3,028 n.a. n.a. --
Richmond $318,932 $3,078 n.a. n.a. --
Rockland $271,332 $3,112 n.a. n.a. --
Rowe $142,572 $512 n.a. n.a. --
Royalston $203,629 $1,694 n.a. n.a. --
Salem $315,270 $3,588 n.a. n.a. --
Salisbury $278,900 $2,716 n.a. n.a. --
Sandwich $374,699 $3,575 n.a. n.a. --
Saugus $340,237 $2,838 n.a. n.a. --
Scituate $437,869 $4,151 n.a. n.a. --
Sheffield $241,844 $3,081 n.a. n.a. --
Somerset n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. --
Southbridge $179,336 $2,062 n.a. n.a. --
Springfield $120,944 $2,118 n.a. n.a. --
Sterling $298,124 $3,885 n.a. n.a. --
Swansea $269,106 $2,177 n.a. n.a. --
Templeton $186,636 $1,850 n.a. n.a. --
Tewksbury $331,007 $3,343 n.a. n.a. --
Tisbury n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. --
Tolland $188,337 $1,040 n.a. n.a. --
Truro $653,665 $3,040 n.a. n.a. --
Upton $408,238 $4,119 n.a. n.a. --
Ware $155,143 $2,420 n.a. n.a. --
Wareham $246,521 $1,977 n.a. n.a. --
Watertown n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. --
Wayland $628,262 $7,904 n.a. n.a. --
Webster $228,296 $1,975 n.a. n.a. --
Wendell $110,047 $2,089 n.a. n.a. --
Wenham $580,611 $6,915 n.a. n.a. --
West Boylston $268,454 $3,638 n.a. n.a. --
West Stockbridge $266,096 $3,949 n.a. n.a. --
West Tisbury $920,064 $4,159 n.a. n.a. --
Westwood $574,368 $6,875 n.a. n.a. --
Williamsburg $203,377 $3,352 n.a. n.a. --
Windsor $132,050 $1,899 n.a. n.a. --
Winthrop $355,747 $3,209 n.a. n.a. --
Woburn $333,115 $3,051 n.a. n.a. --
(1) Proposed rates that are awaiting state approval.
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