SNAPSHOT: EXCISE TAX PER RESIDENT, 2011
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | May 31, 2012
The state levies an annual excise tax on all motor vehicles, which is based on value and age. Calculated on a per resident basis, it provides a shorthand basis for measuring which communities house the most expensive and latest models. (The tax includes trailers.) Weston residents paid the highest excise amount, per resident, at $232. Chelsea was second because of a quirk -- rental companies house thousands of fleet cars there. The data, from the Department of Revenue, is for fiscal 2011.
| Community | Excise tax collected per resident, 2011 | State rank | Total excise collected |
| ABINGTON | $98 | 236 | $1,572,702 |
| ACTON | $119 | 119 | $2,599,291 |
| ACUSHNET | $97 | 244 | $1,002,672 |
| ADAMS | $85 | 296 | $720,474 |
| AGAWAM | $104 | 205 | $2,961,013 |
| ALFORD | $179 | 6 | $88,623 |
| AMESBURY | $95 | 252 | $1,542,432 |
| AMHERST | $38 | 334 | $1,423,261 |
| ANDOVER | $136 | 52 | $4,531,283 |
| AQUINNAH | NA | NA | NA |
| ARLINGTON | $91 | 272 | $3,898,459 |
| ASHBURNHAM | $104 | 205 | $629,949 |
| ASHBY | $110 | 173 | $337,546 |
| ASHFIELD | $98 | 236 | $169,904 |
| ASHLAND | $120 | 115 | $1,995,830 |
| ATHOL | $76 | 308 | $880,410 |
| ATTLEBORO | $93 | 262 | $4,041,325 |
| AUBURN | $143 | 39 | $2,317,004 |
| AVON | $153 | 21 | $667,907 |
| AYER | $89 | 279 | $663,493 |
| BARNSTABLE | $128 | 78 | $5,785,513 |
| BARRE | $100 | 227 | $540,042 |
| BECKET | $113 | 159 | $200,440 |
| BEDFORD | $122 | 105 | $1,623,895 |
| BELCHERTOWN | $102 | 220 | $1,493,208 |
| BELLINGHAM | $116 | 144 | $1,899,661 |
| BELMONT | $116 | 144 | $2,857,733 |
| BERKLEY | $97 | 244 | $623,652 |
| BERLIN | $120 | 115 | $344,232 |
| BERNARDSTON | $106 | 195 | $225,557 |
| BEVERLY | $97 | 244 | $3,841,248 |
| BILLERICA | $119 | 119 | $4,782,697 |
| BLACKSTONE | $90 | 276 | $809,854 |
| BLANDFORD | $88 | 281 | $108,319 |
| BOLTON | $137 | 51 | $671,647 |
| BOSTON | $76 | 308 | $46,977,477 |
| BOURNE | $104 | 205 | $2,056,390 |
| BOXBOROUGH | $126 | 83 | $629,000 |
| BOXFORD | $167 | 8 | $1,329,604 |
| BOYLSTON | $149 | 25 | $646,846 |
| BRAINTREE | $121 | 111 | $4,310,883 |
| BREWSTER | $115 | 150 | $1,130,800 |
| BRIDGEWATER | $96 | 249 | $2,553,624 |
| BRIMFIELD | $116 | 144 | $417,759 |
| BROCKTON | $60 | 326 | $5,619,189 |
| BROOKFIELD | $104 | 205 | $353,480 |
| BROOKLINE | $88 | 281 | $5,178,153 |
| BUCKLAND | $86 | 291 | $162,694 |
| BURLINGTON | $124 | 93 | $3,026,987 |
| CAMBRIDGE | $59 | 327 | $6,195,967 |
| CANTON | $153 | 21 | $3,289,549 |
| CARLISLE | $161 | 13 | $780,132 |
| CARVER | $100 | 227 | $1,146,585 |
| CHARLEMONT | $90 | 276 | $113,535 |
| CHARLTON | $113 | 159 | $1,465,096 |
| CHATHAM | $158 | 16 | $967,763 |
| CHELMSFORD | $122 | 105 | $4,118,411 |
| CHELSEA | $202 | 2 | $7,107,388 |
| CHESHIRE | $126 | 83 | $407,450 |
| CHESTER | $93 | 262 | $124,588 |
| CHESTERFIELD | $110 | 173 | $134,746 |
| CHICOPEE | $72 | 316 | $4,000,001 |
| CHILMARK | NA | NA | NA |
| CLARKSBURG | $107 | 191 | $182,084 |
| CLINTON | $80 | 304 | $1,093,349 |
| COHASSET | $150 | 23 | $1,132,485 |
| COLRAIN | $95 | 252 | $158,783 |
| CONCORD | $129 | 71 | $2,280,635 |
| CONWAY | $101 | 224 | $191,897 |
| CUMMINGTON | $103 | 212 | $89,451 |
| DALTON | $105 | 199 | $711,709 |
| DANVERS | $128 | 78 | $3,393,048 |
| DARTMOUTH | $98 | 236 | $3,345,041 |
| DEDHAM | $110 | 173 | $2,714,442 |
| DEERFIELD | $106 | 195 | $542,978 |
| DENNIS | $126 | 83 | $1,784,934 |
| DIGHTON | $105 | 199 | $744,953 |
| DOUGLAS | $115 | 150 | $977,904 |
| DOVER | $188 | 4 | $1,051,856 |
| DRACUT | $113 | 159 | $3,325,552 |
| DUDLEY | $99 | 231 | $1,125,849 |
| DUNSTABLE | $132 | 65 | $418,871 |
| DUXBURY | $138 | 49 | $2,071,180 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | $96 | 249 | $1,327,708 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | $109 | 180 | $238,048 |
| EASTHAM | $129 | 71 | $638,715 |
| EASTHAMPTON | $89 | 279 | $1,431,561 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | $110 | 173 | $1,728,315 |
| EASTON | $126 | 83 | $2,915,169 |
| EDGARTOWN | NA | NA | NA |
| EGREMONT | $149 | 25 | $182,126 |
| ERVING | $69 | 319 | $123,564 |
| ESSEX | $146 | 32 | $510,255 |
| EVERETT | $67 | 321 | $2,805,450 |
| FAIRHAVEN | $87 | 287 | $1,388,884 |
| FALL RIVER | $66 | 322 | $5,832,709 |
| FALMOUTH | $118 | 127 | $3,729,147 |
| FITCHBURG | $74 | 314 | $2,976,226 |
| FLORIDA | $49 | 332 | $36,715 |
| FOXBOROUGH | $124 | 93 | $2,093,074 |
| FRAMINGHAM | $91 | 272 | $6,187,030 |
| FRANKLIN | $118 | 127 | $3,742,702 |
| FREETOWN | $147 | 28 | $1,300,934 |
| GARDNER | $77 | 306 | $1,559,967 |
| GEORGETOWN | $130 | 69 | $1,062,553 |
| GILL | $102 | 220 | $153,450 |
| GLOUCESTER | $99 | 231 | $2,856,104 |
| GOSHEN | $114 | 155 | $120,137 |
| GOSNOLD | NA | NA | NA |
| GRAFTON | $114 | 155 | $2,025,406 |
| GRANBY | $100 | 227 | $626,036 |
| GRANVILLE | $116 | 144 | $181,044 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | $95 | 252 | $674,869 |
| GREENFIELD | $75 | 313 | $1,308,082 |
| GROTON | $118 | 127 | $1,252,171 |
| GROVELAND | $115 | 150 | $745,523 |
| HADLEY | $95 | 252 | $497,680 |
| HALIFAX | $103 | 212 | $775,029 |
| HAMILTON | $117 | 138 | $908,783 |
| HAMPDEN | $119 | 119 | $613,695 |
| HANCOCK | $119 | 119 | $84,972 |
| HANOVER | $135 | 54 | $1,875,331 |
| HANSON | $108 | 187 | $1,099,739 |
| HARDWICK | $83 | 298 | $247,055 |
| HARVARD | $112 | 166 | $729,805 |
| HARWICH | $127 | 80 | $1,549,038 |
| HATFIELD | $184 | 5 | $603,109 |
| HAVERHILL | $84 | 297 | $5,109,145 |
| HAWLEY | $87 | 287 | $29,315 |
| HEATH | $86 | 291 | $60,686 |
| HINGHAM | $139 | 47 | $3,087,072 |
| HINSDALE | $111 | 170 | $225,302 |
| HOLBROOK | $95 | 252 | $1,025,616 |
| HOLDEN | $114 | 155 | $1,981,272 |
| HOLLAND | $102 | 220 | $253,168 |
| HOLLISTON | $130 | 69 | $1,763,405 |
| HOLYOKE | $54 | 329 | $2,147,915 |
| HOPEDALE | $118 | 127 | $696,000 |
| HOPKINTON | $145 | 35 | $2,160,263 |
| HUBBARDSTON | $119 | 119 | $522,397 |
| HUDSON | $106 | 195 | $2,027,757 |
| HULL | $99 | 231 | $1,022,582 |
| HUNTINGTON | $91 | 272 | $199,246 |
| IPSWICH | $124 | 93 | $1,640,111 |
| KINGSTON | $110 | 173 | $1,395,423 |
| LAKEVILLE | $123 | 101 | $1,307,154 |
| LANCASTER | $103 | 212 | $831,559 |
| LANESBOROUGH | $118 | 127 | $364,592 |
| LAWRENCE | $41 | 333 | $3,115,739 |
| LEE | $109 | 180 | $646,769 |
| LEICESTER | $94 | 258 | $1,035,109 |
| LENOX | $124 | 93 | $624,998 |
| LEOMINSTER | $92 | 267 | $3,735,878 |
| LEVERETT | $131 | 67 | $243,066 |
| LEXINGTON | $129 | 71 | $4,044,449 |
| LEYDEN | $107 | 191 | $75,786 |
| LINCOLN | $134 | 55 | $854,189 |
| LITTLETON | $118 | 127 | $1,054,097 |
| LONGMEADOW | $127 | 80 | $2,001,277 |
| LOWELL | $63 | 325 | $6,702,555 |
| LUDLOW | $94 | 258 | $1,993,048 |
| LUNENBURG | $117 | 138 | $1,179,520 |
| LYNN | $52 | 330 | $4,738,410 |
| LYNNFIELD | $174 | 7 | $2,021,065 |
| MALDEN | $68 | 320 | $4,019,381 |
| Manchester-by-the-sea | $146 | 32 | $750,775 |
| MANSFIELD | $112 | 166 | $2,585,548 |
| MARBLEHEAD | $139 | 47 | $2,757,607 |
| MARION | $119 | 119 | $584,350 |
| MARLBOROUGH | $101 | 224 | $3,884,752 |
| MARSHFIELD | $113 | 159 | $2,839,028 |
| MASHPEE | $115 | 150 | $1,615,882 |
| MATTAPOISETT | $121 | 111 | $728,455 |
| MAYNARD | $98 | 236 | $992,565 |
| MEDFIELD | $147 | 28 | $1,764,539 |
| MEDFORD | $86 | 291 | $4,850,857 |
| MEDWAY | $115 | 150 | $1,472,712 |
| MELROSE | $98 | 236 | $2,636,176 |
| MENDON | $134 | 55 | $780,939 |
| MERRIMAC | $105 | 199 | $668,407 |
| METHUEN | $96 | 249 | $4,554,563 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | $104 | 205 | $2,396,804 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | $104 | 205 | $54,035 |
| MIDDLETON | $142 | 41 | $1,274,610 |
| MILFORD | $102 | 220 | $2,860,833 |
| MILLBURY | $113 | 159 | $1,497,485 |
| MILLIS | $117 | 138 | $926,978 |
| MILLVILLE | $105 | 199 | $336,446 |
| MILTON | $111 | 170 | $3,010,535 |
| MONROE | $124 | 93 | $14,986 |
| MONSON | $95 | 252 | $816,576 |
| MONTAGUE | $76 | 308 | $643,163 |
| MONTEREY | $120 | 115 | $114,919 |
| MONTGOMERY | $117 | 138 | $97,882 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | $122 | 105 | $20,451 |
| NAHANT | $133 | 62 | $452,233 |
| NANTUCKET | $197 | 3 | $2,004,717 |
| NATICK | $119 | 119 | $3,931,401 |
| NEEDHAM | $147 | 28 | $4,256,790 |
| NEW ASHFORD | NA | NA | NA |
| NEW BEDFORD | $58 | 328 | $5,504,811 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | $107 | 191 | $106,616 |
| NEWBURY | $140 | 43 | $931,491 |
| NEWBURYPORT | $122 | 105 | $2,120,748 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | $132 | 65 | $199,852 |
| NEW SALEM | $93 | 262 | $92,526 |
| NEWTON | $118 | 127 | $10,008,481 |
| NORFOLK | $116 | 144 | $1,305,678 |
| NORTH ADAMS | $65 | 323 | $891,838 |
| NORTHAMPTON | $77 | 306 | $2,186,735 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | $133 | 62 | $3,775,200 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | $108 | 187 | $3,111,411 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | $143 | 39 | $2,019,845 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | $99 | 231 | $1,551,024 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | $88 | 281 | $413,952 |
| NORTHFIELD | $110 | 173 | $332,644 |
| NORTH READING | $145 | 35 | $2,160,201 |
| NORTON | $110 | 173 | $2,091,964 |
| NORWELL | $155 | 18 | $1,628,254 |
| NORWOOD | $118 | 127 | $3,381,254 |
| OAK BLUFFS | $122 | 105 | $551,194 |
| OAKHAM | $125 | 88 | $237,596 |
| ORANGE | $71 | 317 | $556,550 |
| ORLEANS | $145 | 35 | $854,041 |
| OTIS | $123 | 101 | $198,505 |
| OXFORD | NA | NA | NA |
| PALMER | $98 | 236 | $1,186,299 |
| PAXTON | $109 | 180 | $523,352 |
| PEABODY | $109 | 180 | $5,576,646 |
| PELHAM | $93 | 262 | $123,323 |
| PEMBROKE | $111 | 170 | $1,976,769 |
| PEPPERELL | $107 | 191 | $1,229,393 |
| PERU | $103 | 212 | $87,130 |
| PETERSHAM | $105 | 199 | $128,963 |
| PHILLIPSTON | $109 | 180 | $183,416 |
| PITTSFIELD | $88 | 281 | $3,958,890 |
| PLAINFIELD | NA | NA | NA |
| PLAINVILLE | $123 | 101 | $1,014,575 |
| PLYMOUTH | NA | NA | NA |
| PLYMPTON | $113 | 159 | $317,631 |
| PRINCETON | $146 | 32 | $496,676 |
| PROVINCETOWN | $141 | 42 | $415,556 |
| QUINCY | $81 | 301 | $7,441,465 |
| RANDOLPH | $86 | 291 | $2,766,310 |
| RAYNHAM | $129 | 71 | $1,721,153 |
| READING | $119 | 119 | $2,936,623 |
| REHOBOTH | $121 | 111 | $1,410,367 |
| REVERE | $80 | 304 | $4,145,747 |
| RICHMOND | $163 | 11 | $240,110 |
| ROCHESTER | $129 | 71 | $673,096 |
| ROCKLAND | $92 | 267 | $1,609,659 |
| ROCKPORT | $105 | 199 | $731,439 |
| ROWE | $103 | 212 | $40,623 |
| ROWLEY | $136 | 52 | $797,367 |
| ROYALSTON | NA | NA | NA |
| RUSSELL | $94 | 258 | $166,463 |
| RUTLAND | $121 | 111 | $964,423 |
| SALEM | $76 | 308 | $3,147,826 |
| SALISBURY | $109 | 180 | $903,598 |
| SANDISFIELD | $114 | 155 | $104,755 |
| SANDWICH | $118 | 127 | $2,446,956 |
| SAUGUS | $113 | 159 | $2,996,180 |
| SAVOY | $106 | 195 | $73,687 |
| SCITUATE | $124 | 93 | $2,240,413 |
| SEEKONK | $129 | 71 | $1,769,127 |
| SHARON | $138 | 49 | $2,432,337 |
| SHEFFIELD | $131 | 67 | $426,411 |
| SHELBURNE | $92 | 267 | $174,699 |
| SHERBORN | $161 | 13 | $662,534 |
| SHIRLEY | $88 | 281 | $631,117 |
| SHREWSBURY | $125 | 88 | $4,437,527 |
| SHUTESBURY | $87 | 287 | $154,651 |
| SOMERSET | $98 | 236 | $1,783,538 |
| SOMERVILLE | $65 | 323 | $4,894,602 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | $125 | 88 | $726,756 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | $166 | 9 | $1,624,565 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | $70 | 318 | $1,173,465 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | $88 | 281 | $1,538,616 |
| SOUTHWICK | $108 | 187 | $1,023,781 |
| SPENCER | $92 | 267 | $1,073,036 |
| SPRINGFIELD | $50 | 331 | $7,691,115 |
| STERLING | $134 | 55 | $1,048,402 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | NA | NA | NA |
| STONEHAM | $118 | 127 | $2,532,215 |
| STOUGHTON | $112 | 166 | $3,030,640 |
| STOW | $134 | 55 | $879,797 |
| STURBRIDGE | $124 | 93 | $1,144,741 |
| SUDBURY | $156 | 17 | $2,762,000 |
| SUNDERLAND | $83 | 298 | $306,127 |
| SUTTON | $147 | 28 | $1,314,421 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | $129 | 71 | $1,783,303 |
| SWANSEA | $104 | 205 | $1,654,962 |
| TAUNTON | $86 | 291 | $4,810,347 |
| TEMPLETON | $98 | 236 | $786,516 |
| TEWKSBURY | $118 | 127 | $3,414,843 |
| TISBURY | NA | NA | NA |
| TOLLAND | $103 | 212 | $50,043 |
| TOPSFIELD | $140 | 43 | $852,856 |
| TOWNSEND | $101 | 224 | $897,881 |
| TRURO | $165 | 10 | $329,982 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | $140 | 43 | $1,583,890 |
| TYRINGHAM | $161 | 13 | $52,751 |
| UPTON | $125 | 88 | $941,820 |
| UXBRIDGE | $112 | 166 | $1,506,803 |
| WAKEFIELD | $122 | 105 | $3,044,149 |
| WALES | $87 | 287 | $159,780 |
| WALPOLE | $117 | 138 | $2,820,475 |
| WALTHAM | $97 | 244 | $5,882,417 |
| WARE | $82 | 300 | $813,931 |
| WAREHAM | $93 | 262 | $2,039,957 |
| WARREN | $74 | 314 | $381,714 |
| WARWICK | $97 | 244 | $75,672 |
| WASHINGTON | NA | NA | NA |
| WATERTOWN | $100 | 227 | $3,200,927 |
| WAYLAND | $154 | 19 | $2,004,097 |
| WEBSTER | $90 | 276 | $1,502,690 |
| WELLESLEY | $149 | 25 | $4,176,808 |
| WELLFLEET | $140 | 43 | $383,734 |
| WENDELL | NA | NA | NA |
| WENHAM | $109 | 180 | $529,432 |
| WESTBOROUGH | $145 | 35 | $2,644,985 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | $116 | 144 | $889,089 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | $150 | 23 | $1,034,182 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | $99 | 231 | $364,632 |
| WESTFIELD | $91 | 272 | $3,730,219 |
| WESTFORD | $123 | 101 | $2,692,125 |
| WESTHAMPTON | $126 | 83 | $201,912 |
| WESTMINSTER | $125 | 88 | $910,353 |
| WEST NEWBURY | $134 | 55 | $567,590 |
| WESTON | $232 | 1 | $2,614,060 |
| WESTPORT | $120 | 115 | $1,864,572 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | $103 | 212 | $2,926,093 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | NA | NA | NA |
| WEST TISBURY | NA | NA | NA |
| WESTWOOD | $163 | 11 | $2,382,328 |
| WEYMOUTH | $94 | 258 | $5,076,551 |
| WHATELY | $154 | 19 | $230,402 |
| WHITMAN | $92 | 267 | $1,331,789 |
| WILBRAHAM | $124 | 93 | $1,756,330 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | $103 | 212 | $254,591 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | $76 | 308 | $591,708 |
| WILMINGTON | $133 | 62 | $2,968,035 |
| WINCHENDON | $81 | 301 | $837,021 |
| WINCHESTER | $134 | 55 | $2,859,885 |
| WINDSOR | NA | NA | NA |
| WINTHROP | $81 | 301 | $1,423,668 |
| WOBURN | $127 | 80 | $4,823,490 |
| WORCESTER | NA | NA | NA |
| WORTHINGTON | $117 | 138 | $135,162 |
| WRENTHAM | $134 | 55 | $1,471,918 |
| YARMOUTH | $108 | 187 | $2,575,039 |