Snapshot: Air pollution test costs per 1,000 residents
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Jan. 20, 2011
The state, using a complicated formula, assesses communities some of the costs by for the Department of Environmental Protection for monitoring air pollution. Here are the costs per 1,000 residents in fiscal 2011.
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| Municipality | Cost per 1,000 residents, 2011 | Rank | Total assessment by state |
| ABINGTON | $266 | 221 | $4,463 |
| ACTON | $318 | 109 | $6,749 |
| ACUSHNET | $263 | 226 | $2,731 |
| ADAMS | $205 | 346 | $1,690 |
| AGAWAM | $243 | 294 | $6,955 |
| ALFORD | $769 | 14 | $300 |
| AMESBURY | $268 | 218 | $4,484 |
| AMHERST | $203 | 347 | $7,347 |
| ANDOVER | $353 | 73 | $11,886 |
| AQUINNAH | $2,024 | 3 | $749 |
| ARLINGTON | $308 | 120 | $12,832 |
| ASHBURNHAM | $254 | 262 | $1,542 |
| ASHBY | $248 | 280 | $772 |
| ASHFIELD | $271 | 206 | $496 |
| ASHLAND | $306 | 122 | $4,713 |
| ATHOL | $212 | 341 | $2,520 |
| ATTLEBORO | $247 | 282 | $10,793 |
| AUBURN | $270 | 214 | $4,440 |
| AVON | $344 | 82 | $1,503 |
| AYER | $263 | 227 | $2,067 |
| BARNSTABLE | $459 | 36 | $21,271 |
| BARRE | $226 | 325 | $1,271 |
| BECKET | $421 | 42 | $759 |
| BEDFORD | $349 | 75 | $4,815 |
| BELCHERTOWN | $246 | 283 | $3,476 |
| BELLINGHAM | $295 | 146 | $4,676 |
| BELMONT | $362 | 69 | $8,576 |
| BERKLEY | $275 | 198 | $1,788 |
| BERLIN | $339 | 84 | $999 |
| BERNARDSTON | $241 | 296 | $539 |
| BEVERLY | $292 | 154 | $11,530 |
| BILLERICA | $292 | 151 | $11,647 |
| BLACKSTONE | $243 | 293 | $2,365 |
| BLANDFORD | $263 | 229 | $342 |
| BOLTON | $353 | 72 | $1,624 |
| BOSTON | $289 | 160 | $186,606 |
| BOURNE | $379 | 58 | $7,357 |
| BOXBOROUGH | $336 | 88 | $1,741 |
| BOXFORD | $367 | 66 | $2,999 |
| BOYLSTON | $300 | 136 | $1,312 |
| BRAINTREE | $303 | 130 | $10,686 |
| BREWSTER | $522 | 26 | $5,210 |
| BRIDGEWATER | $245 | 287 | $6,675 |
| BRIMFIELD | $252 | 267 | $960 |
| BROCKTON | $230 | 318 | $21,498 |
| BROOKFIELD | $221 | 331 | $752 |
| BROOKLINE | $391 | 50 | $22,046 |
| BUCKLAND | $250 | 273 | $497 |
| BURLINGTON | $323 | 103 | $8,296 |
| CAMBRIDGE | $359 | 70 | $38,999 |
| CANTON | $325 | 98 | $7,279 |
| CARLISLE | $435 | 39 | $2,122 |
| CARVER | $245 | 289 | $2,943 |
| CHARLEMONT | $237 | 302 | $328 |
| CHARLTON | $272 | 205 | $3,437 |
| CHATHAM | $1,055 | 8 | $7,125 |
| CHELMSFORD | $299 | 139 | $10,198 |
| CHELSEA | $233 | 312 | $8,716 |
| CHESHIRE | $234 | 310 | $772 |
| CHESTER | $232 | 314 | $303 |
| CHESTERFIELD | $265 | 223 | $336 |
| CHICOPEE | $208 | 344 | $11,619 |
| CHILMARK | $3,326 | 1 | $2,973 |
| CLARKSBURG | $217 | 335 | $351 |
| CLINTON | $234 | 308 | $3,325 |
| COHASSET | $446 | 37 | $3,302 |
| COLRAIN | $236 | 305 | $437 |
| CONCORD | $441 | 38 | $7,748 |
| CONWAY | $279 | 184 | $530 |
| CUMMINGTON | $275 | 201 | $267 |
| DALTON | $241 | 295 | $1,582 |
| DANVERS | $303 | 128 | $8,263 |
| DARTMOUTH | $311 | 114 | $10,700 |
| DEDHAM | $311 | 115 | $7,712 |
| DEERFIELD | $288 | 165 | $1,352 |
| DENNIS | $571 | 20 | $8,808 |
| DIGHTON | $280 | 179 | $1,901 |
| DOUGLAS | $270 | 211 | $2,187 |
| DOVER | $537 | 25 | $3,074 |
| DRACUT | $255 | 259 | $7,489 |
| DUDLEY | $236 | 303 | $2,653 |
| DUNSTABLE | $294 | 150 | $991 |
| DUXBURY | $400 | 47 | $5,747 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | $264 | 224 | $3,724 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | $260 | 242 | $543 |
| EASTHAM | $680 | 16 | $3,716 |
| EASTHAMPTON | $230 | 319 | $3,747 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | $256 | 255 | $4,074 |
| EASTON | $287 | 169 | $6,592 |
| EDGARTOWN | $1,810 | 5 | $7,337 |
| EGREMONT | $501 | 30 | $673 |
| ERVING | $500 | 31 | $774 |
| ESSEX | $384 | 55 | $1,282 |
| EVERETT | $262 | 233 | $10,039 |
| FAIRHAVEN | $280 | 178 | $4,518 |
| FALL RIVER | $219 | 333 | $19,924 |
| FALMOUTH | $507 | 29 | $16,640 |
| FITCHBURG | $214 | 340 | $9,018 |
| FLORIDA | $329 | 94 | $222 |
| FOXBOROUGH | $292 | 152 | $4,989 |
| FRAMINGHAM | $270 | 210 | $18,151 |
| FRANKLIN | $294 | 149 | $9,420 |
| FREETOWN | $290 | 156 | $2,636 |
| GARDNER | $210 | 343 | $4,395 |
| GEORGETOWN | $289 | 162 | $2,520 |
| GILL | $249 | 275 | $348 |
| GLOUCESTER | $330 | 93 | $10,063 |
| GOSHEN | $278 | 188 | $266 |
| GOSNOLD | $3,082 | 2 | $262 |
| GRAFTON | $277 | 193 | $4,931 |
| GRANBY | $241 | 297 | $1,519 |
| GRANVILLE | $263 | 228 | $432 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | $323 | 104 | $2,373 |
| GREENFIELD | $227 | 323 | $3,986 |
| GROTON | $296 | 144 | $3,188 |
| GROVELAND | $261 | 239 | $1,948 |
| HADLEY | $336 | 89 | $1,595 |
| HALIFAX | $261 | 237 | $2,037 |
| HAMILTON | $324 | 99 | $2,675 |
| HAMPDEN | $258 | 249 | $1,392 |
| HANCOCK | $369 | 64 | $467 |
| HANOVER | $327 | 96 | $4,611 |
| HANSON | $270 | 212 | $2,736 |
| HARDWICK | $249 | 276 | $666 |
| HARVARD | $327 | 95 | $2,014 |
| HARWICH | $564 | 21 | $6,907 |
| HATFIELD | $287 | 168 | $935 |
| HAVERHILL | $245 | 288 | $15,072 |
| HAWLEY | $255 | 256 | $86 |
| HEATH | $261 | 238 | $208 |
| HINGHAM | $381 | 56 | $8,876 |
| HINSDALE | $278 | 187 | $531 |
| HOLBROOK | $262 | 230 | $2,818 |
| HOLDEN | $255 | 258 | $4,498 |
| HOLLAND | $282 | 176 | $723 |
| HOLLISTON | $286 | 170 | $4,066 |
| HOLYOKE | $201 | 348 | $8,032 |
| HOPEDALE | $261 | 240 | $1,629 |
| HOPKINTON | $346 | 78 | $5,066 |
| HUBBARDSTON | $257 | 250 | $1,153 |
| HUDSON | $270 | 213 | $5,393 |
| HULL | $331 | 92 | $3,679 |
| HUNTINGTON | $228 | 322 | $510 |
| IPSWICH | $339 | 83 | $4,550 |
| KINGSTON | $298 | 141 | $3,724 |
| LAKEVILLE | $296 | 142 | $3,147 |
| LANCASTER | $271 | 207 | $1,909 |
| LANESBOROUGH | $291 | 155 | $830 |
| LAWRENCE | $200 | 349 | $14,105 |
| LEE | $295 | 145 | $1,695 |
| LEICESTER | $239 | 300 | $2,663 |
| LENOX | $385 | 53 | $1,957 |
| LEOMINSTER | $236 | 304 | $9,964 |
| LEVERETT | $289 | 158 | $517 |
| LEXINGTON | $393 | 49 | $12,158 |
| LEYDEN | $244 | 292 | $197 |
| LINCOLN | $352 | 74 | $3,042 |
| LITTLETON | $302 | 132 | $2,713 |
| LONGMEADOW | $278 | 186 | $4,320 |
| LOWELL | $217 | 336 | $22,677 |
| LUDLOW | $232 | 313 | $5,149 |
| LUNENBURG | $272 | 204 | $2,767 |
| LYNN | $225 | 327 | $19,695 |
| LYNNFIELD | $338 | 85 | $4,073 |
| MALDEN | $244 | 291 | $13,675 |
| MANCHESTER | $553 | 23 | $2,877 |
| MANSFIELD | $299 | 140 | $6,958 |
| MARBLEHEAD | $416 | 44 | $8,298 |
| MARION | $474 | 35 | $2,455 |
| MARLBOROUGH | $277 | 194 | $10,653 |
| MARSHFIELD | $333 | 91 | $8,277 |
| MASHPEE | $494 | 32 | $7,094 |
| MATTAPOISETT | $393 | 48 | $2,564 |
| MAYNARD | $262 | 234 | $2,785 |
| MEDFIELD | $334 | 90 | $4,098 |
| MEDFORD | $276 | 196 | $15,348 |
| MEDWAY | $279 | 183 | $3,603 |
| MELROSE | $276 | 197 | $7,479 |
| MENDON | $303 | 131 | $1,726 |
| MERRIMAC | $257 | 251 | $1,701 |
| METHUEN | $260 | 243 | $11,535 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | $266 | 220 | $5,691 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | $252 | 266 | $141 |
| MIDDLETON | $338 | 86 | $3,126 |
| MILFORD | $269 | 215 | $7,441 |
| MILLBURY | $256 | 253 | $3,479 |
| MILLIS | $280 | 182 | $2,247 |
| MILLVILLE | $249 | 274 | $738 |
| MILTON | $317 | 110 | $8,305 |
| MONROE | $344 | 80 | $33 |
| MONSON | $230 | 317 | $2,086 |
| MONTAGUE | $234 | 307 | $1,917 |
| MONTEREY | $626 | 19 | $599 |
| MONTGOMERY | $273 | 203 | $199 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | $674 | 17 | $91 |
| NAHANT | $366 | 67 | $1,328 |
| NANTUCKET | $1,922 | 4 | $21,766 |
| NATICK | $337 | 87 | $10,899 |
| NEEDHAM | $381 | 57 | $11,059 |
| NEW ASHFORD | $282 | 174 | $70 |
| NEW BEDFORD | $219 | 334 | $19,926 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | $245 | 285 | $278 |
| NEWBURY | $348 | 76 | $2,403 |
| NEWBURYPORT | $344 | 81 | $6,046 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | $483 | 33 | $728 |
| NEW SALEM | $263 | 225 | $252 |
| NEWTON | $379 | 59 | $32,034 |
| NORFOLK | $275 | 200 | $3,074 |
| NORTH ADAMS | $198 | 350 | $2,733 |
| NORTHAMPTON | $255 | 257 | $7,229 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | $305 | 126 | $8,470 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | $292 | 153 | $8,124 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | $305 | 124 | $4,539 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | $260 | 244 | $3,822 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | $226 | 326 | $1,144 |
| NORTHFIELD | $249 | 279 | $823 |
| NORTH READING | $323 | 101 | $4,678 |
| NORTON | $262 | 231 | $5,068 |
| NORWELL | $375 | 60 | $3,880 |
| NORWOOD | $301 | 133 | $8,570 |
| OAK BLUFFS | $847 | 13 | $3,350 |
| OAKHAM | $254 | 260 | $495 |
| ORANGE | $216 | 338 | $1,663 |
| ORLEANS | $760 | 15 | $4,754 |
| OTIS | $543 | 24 | $758 |
| OXFORD | $244 | 290 | $3,376 |
| PALMER | $222 | 330 | $2,907 |
| PAXTON | $254 | 264 | $1,227 |
| PEABODY | $284 | 172 | $14,683 |
| PELHAM | $262 | 232 | $367 |
| PEMBROKE | $278 | 190 | $5,231 |
| PEPPERELL | $256 | 254 | $2,946 |
| PERU | $251 | 270 | $208 |
| PETERSHAM | $258 | 248 | $343 |
| PHILLIPSTON | $262 | 236 | $468 |
| PITTSFIELD | $228 | 321 | $9,695 |
| PLAINFIELD | $281 | 177 | $167 |
| PLAINVILLE | $287 | 167 | $2,378 |
| PLYMOUTH | $312 | 113 | $17,720 |
| PLYMPTON | $303 | 129 | $848 |
| PRINCETON | $288 | 164 | $1,015 |
| PROVINCETOWN | $874 | 11 | $2,986 |
| QUINCY | $277 | 191 | $25,260 |
| RANDOLPH | $250 | 271 | $7,775 |
| RAYNHAM | $300 | 138 | $4,088 |
| READING | $300 | 137 | $7,053 |
| REHOBOTH | $307 | 121 | $3,533 |
| REVERE | $269 | 216 | $13,904 |
| RICHMOND | $404 | 46 | $635 |
| ROCHESTER | $315 | 111 | $1,674 |
| ROCKLAND | $254 | 263 | $4,593 |
| ROCKPORT | $390 | 52 | $2,995 |
| ROWE | $963 | 10 | $334 |
| ROWLEY | $309 | 117 | $1,803 |
| ROYALSTON | $251 | 268 | $340 |
| RUSSELL | $216 | 339 | $382 |
| RUTLAND | $246 | 284 | $1,983 |
| SALEM | $260 | 245 | $10,734 |
| SALISBURY | $322 | 105 | $2,769 |
| SANDISFIELD | $422 | 41 | $358 |
| SANDWICH | $364 | 68 | $7,257 |
| SAUGUS | $289 | 159 | $8,085 |
| SAVOY | $250 | 272 | $177 |
| SCITUATE | $369 | 65 | $6,746 |
| SEEKONK | $306 | 123 | $4,239 |
| SHARON | $296 | 143 | $5,340 |
| SHEFFIELD | $318 | 107 | $1,050 |
| SHELBURNE | $249 | 278 | $505 |
| SHERBORN | $418 | 43 | $1,790 |
| SHIRLEY | $224 | 328 | $1,820 |
| SHREWSBURY | $289 | 163 | $9,802 |
| SHUTESBURY | $267 | 219 | $491 |
| SOMERSET | $284 | 173 | $5,267 |
| SOMERVILLE | $259 | 247 | $19,807 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | $249 | 277 | $1,490 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | $371 | 63 | $3,603 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | $207 | 345 | $3,617 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | $231 | 316 | $4,018 |
| SOUTHWICK | $251 | 269 | $2,433 |
| SPENCER | $241 | 298 | $2,894 |
| SPRINGFIELD | $197 | 351 | $30,634 |
| STERLING | $289 | 157 | $2,254 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | $518 | 28 | $1,137 |
| STONEHAM | $289 | 161 | $6,231 |
| STOUGHTON | $276 | 195 | $7,508 |
| STOW | $319 | 106 | $2,127 |
| STURBRIDGE | $300 | 135 | $2,658 |
| SUDBURY | $372 | 62 | $6,593 |
| SUNDERLAND | $227 | 324 | $887 |
| SUTTON | $288 | 166 | $2,644 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | $323 | 102 | $4,539 |
| SWANSEA | $280 | 181 | $4,526 |
| TAUNTON | $254 | 265 | $14,173 |
| TEMPLETON | $235 | 306 | $1,872 |
| TEWKSBURY | $275 | 199 | $8,413 |
| TISBURY | $858 | 12 | $3,361 |
| TOLLAND | $519 | 27 | $242 |
| TOPSFIELD | $346 | 77 | $2,125 |
| TOWNSEND | $238 | 301 | $2,308 |
| TRURO | $1,186 | 6 | $2,518 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | $273 | 202 | $3,269 |
| TYRINGHAM | $650 | 18 | $221 |
| UPTON | $304 | 127 | $2,043 |
| UXBRIDGE | $271 | 208 | $3,496 |
| WAKEFIELD | $295 | 147 | $7,423 |
| WALES | $233 | 311 | $443 |
| WALPOLE | $312 | 112 | $7,321 |
| WALTHAM | $294 | 148 | $17,807 |
| WARE | $229 | 320 | $2,264 |
| WAREHAM | $324 | 100 | $6,914 |
| WARREN | $212 | 342 | $1,123 |
| WARWICK | $259 | 246 | $194 |
| WASHINGTON | $257 | 252 | $139 |
| WATERTOWN | $305 | 125 | $10,108 |
| WAYLAND | $373 | 61 | $5,041 |
| WEBSTER | $245 | 286 | $4,133 |
| WELLESLEY | $474 | 34 | $13,001 |
| WELLFLEET | $1,021 | 9 | $2,848 |
| WENDELL | $232 | 315 | $232 |
| WENHAM | $318 | 108 | $1,521 |
| WESTBOROUGH | $344 | 79 | $6,331 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | $261 | 241 | $2,113 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | $310 | 116 | $2,078 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | $248 | 281 | $958 |
| WESTFIELD | $223 | 329 | $9,383 |
| WESTFORD | $308 | 119 | $6,970 |
| WESTHAMPTON | $282 | 175 | $449 |
| WESTMINSTER | $278 | 189 | $2,077 |
| WEST NEWBURY | $325 | 97 | $1,434 |
| WESTON | $557 | 22 | $6,661 |
| WESTPORT | $358 | 71 | $5,553 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | $234 | 309 | $6,586 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | $426 | 40 | $610 |
| WEST TISBURY | $1,132 | 7 | $3,058 |
| WESTWOOD | $390 | 51 | $5,594 |
| WEYMOUTH | $268 | 217 | $14,497 |
| WHATELY | $280 | 180 | $441 |
| WHITMAN | $254 | 261 | $3,608 |
| WILBRAHAM | $262 | 235 | $3,715 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | $270 | 209 | $682 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | $278 | 185 | $2,234 |
| WILMINGTON | $300 | 134 | $6,717 |
| WINCHENDON | $221 | 332 | $2,279 |
| WINCHESTER | $384 | 54 | $8,255 |
| WINDSOR | $265 | 222 | $230 |
| WINTHROP | $240 | 299 | $4,623 |
| WOBURN | $286 | 171 | $11,135 |
| WORCESTER | $216 | 337 | $39,427 |
| WORTHINGTON | $277 | 192 | $354 |
| WRENTHAM | $308 | 118 | $3,460 |
| YARMOUTH | $408 | 45 | $9,731 |
