Snapshot: Assessed values for homes, 2011
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Feb. 17, 2011
The communities with the most expensive homes are in communities such as Weston, Dover, and vacation communities. Average assessed values from fiscal 2011 come from the Department of Revenue. The state median was $308,536.
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| Municipality | Average assessed value, 2011 | Rank | Parcels | ||||
| ABINGTON | $298,094 | 168 | 3,707 | ||||
| ACTON | $500,492 | 45 | 4,886 | ||||
| ACUSHNET | $281,912 | 184 | 3,207 | ||||
| ADAMS | $142,377 | 310 | 2,156 | ||||
| AGAWAM | $217,672 | 264 | 7,666 | ||||
| ALFORD | $662,523 | 20 | 294 | ||||
| AMESBURY | $310,557 | 154 | 3,367 | ||||
| AMHERST | $334,568 | 129 | 4,084 | ||||
| ANDOVER | $529,775 | 35 | 8,492 | ||||
| AQUINNAH | $1,256,205 | 3 | 381 | ||||
| ARLINGTON | $479,345 | 50 | 7,986 | ||||
| ASHBURNHAM | $218,512 | 260 | 2,386 | ||||
| ASHBY | $227,091 | 246 | 1,067 | ||||
| ASHFIELD | $240,308 | 234 | 598 | ||||
| ASHLAND | $364,552 | 110 | 3,703 | ||||
| ATHOL | $148,611 | 309 | 3,399 | ||||
| ATTLEBORO | $265,167 | 205 | 9,354 | ||||
| AUBURN | $222,492 | 256 | 4,974 | ||||
| AVON | $268,134 | 201 | 1,274 | ||||
| AYER | $272,354 | 194 | 1,459 | ||||
| BARRE | $205,589 | 279 | 1,531 | ||||
| BECKET | $247,200 | 229 | 1,686 | ||||
| BEDFORD | $513,497 | 40 | 3,313 | ||||
| BELCHERTOWN | $251,488 | 223 | 4,202 | ||||
| BELLINGHAM | $264,943 | 206 | 4,519 | ||||
| BELMONT | $730,849 | 15 | 4,519 | ||||
| BERKLEY | $335,389 | 127 | 1,984 | ||||
| BERLIN | $385,321 | 95 | 785 | ||||
| BERNARDSTON | $215,998 | 266 | 734 | ||||
| BEVERLY | $421,262 | 77 | 8,384 | ||||
| BILLERICA | $315,186 | 148 | 10,736 | ||||
| BLACKSTONE | $254,561 | 219 | 2,017 | ||||
| BLANDFORD | $221,737 | 257 | 501 | ||||
| BOLTON | $455,777 | 60 | 1,574 | ||||
| BOURNE | $422,510 | 76 | 7,642 | ||||
| BOXBOROUGH | $507,184 | 43 | 1,172 | ||||
| BOXFORD | $573,875 | 27 | 2,641 | ||||
| BOYLSTON | $334,225 | 130 | 1,345 | ||||
| BRAINTREE | $352,009 | 119 | 9,001 | ||||
| BREWSTER | $458,251 | 58 | 5,463 | ||||
| BRIDGEWATER | $313,691 | 151 | 5,209 | ||||
| BRIMFIELD | $236,521 | 236 | 1,265 | ||||
| BROCKTON | $193,187 | 288 | 16,395 | ||||
| BROOKFIELD | $237,394 | 235 | 906 | ||||
| BUCKLAND | $218,061 | 262 | 593 | ||||
| BURLINGTON | $374,382 | 103 | 6,539 | ||||
| CANTON | $462,699 | 57 | 5,307 | ||||
| CARLISLE | $722,226 | 16 | 1,642 | ||||
| CARVER | $266,699 | 202 | 3,047 | ||||
| CHARLEMONT | $196,183 | 283 | 406 | ||||
| CHARLTON | $253,628 | 220 | 3,961 | ||||
| CHATHAM | $793,290 | 11 | 5,709 | ||||
| CHELMSFORD | $324,573 | 138 | 9,009 | ||||
| CHESHIRE | $209,477 | 275 | 1,099 | ||||
| CHESTER | $161,595 | 307 | 493 | ||||
| CHESTERFIELD | $213,419 | 272 | 516 | ||||
| CHICOPEE | $179,496 | 301 | 10,975 | ||||
| CHILMARK | $1,848,833 | 1 | 1,062 | ||||
| CLARKSBURG | $170,597 | 305 | 602 | ||||
| CLINTON | $219,816 | 259 | 2,322 | ||||
| COLRAIN | $187,253 | 290 | 563 | ||||
| CONCORD | $839,569 | 10 | 4,570 | ||||
| CONWAY | $300,525 | 164 | 595 | ||||
| CUMMINGTON | $223,138 | 254 | 340 | ||||
| DALTON | $201,953 | 280 | 1,953 | ||||
| DANVERS | $349,879 | 122 | 6,086 | ||||
| DARTMOUTH | $360,295 | 114 | 9,703 | ||||
| DEDHAM | $381,557 | 97 | 6,562 | ||||
| DEERFIELD | $278,588 | 186 | 1,406 | ||||
| DENNIS | $407,314 | 82 | 11,525 | ||||
| DIGHTON | $299,334 | 166 | 2,098 | ||||
| DOUGLAS | $259,008 | 212 | 2,569 | ||||
| DOVER | $1,031,967 | 6 | 1,758 | ||||
| DRACUT | $271,782 | 195 | 7,398 | ||||
| DUDLEY | $214,732 | 268 | 3,108 | ||||
| DUNSTABLE | $408,249 | 80 | 1,023 | ||||
| DUXBURY | $584,588 | 26 | 4,819 | ||||
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | $318,331 | 145 | 3,682 | ||||
| EAST BROOKFIELD | $225,973 | 247 | 770 | ||||
| EASTHAM | $462,912 | 56 | 5,066 | ||||
| EASTHAMPTON | $228,693 | 244 | 3,967 | ||||
| EAST LONGMEADOW | $258,379 | 213 | 5,282 | ||||
| EASTON | $375,459 | 101 | 5,538 | ||||
| EDGARTOWN | $1,103,328 | 4 | 3,379 | ||||
| EGREMONT | $403,780 | 84 | 748 | ||||
| ERVING | $186,154 | 293 | 508 | ||||
| ESSEX | $515,462 | 39 | 986 | ||||
| FAIRHAVEN | $271,169 | 196 | 5,379 | ||||
| FITCHBURG | $174,093 | 304 | 6,446 | ||||
| FLORIDA | $154,242 | 308 | 292 | ||||
| FOXBOROUGH | $385,903 | 94 | 4,222 | ||||
| FRAMINGHAM | $324,214 | 140 | 13,361 | ||||
| FRANKLIN | $361,111 | 113 | 7,599 | ||||
| FREETOWN | $288,771 | 177 | 2,921 | ||||
| GARDNER | $174,163 | 303 | 3,907 | ||||
| GEORGETOWN | $378,843 | 98 | 2,410 | ||||
| GLOUCESTER | $466,043 | 55 | 7,172 | ||||
| GOSHEN | $195,569 | 284 | 502 | ||||
| GRAFTON | $329,497 | 131 | 4,202 | ||||
| GRANBY | $233,149 | 240 | 2,030 | ||||
| GRANVILLE | $269,519 | 200 | 569 | ||||
| GREAT BARRINGTON | $387,756 | 91 | 2,096 | ||||
| GREENFIELD | $185,305 | 294 | 3,854 | ||||
| GROTON | $396,318 | 88 | 3,083 | ||||
| GROVELAND | $355,526 | 118 | 1,839 | ||||
| HADLEY | $312,992 | 153 | 1,634 | ||||
| HALIFAX | $286,353 | 179 | 2,108 | ||||
| HAMILTON | $474,991 | 52 | 2,338 | ||||
| HAMPDEN | $273,756 | 193 | 1,787 | ||||
| HANOVER | $416,145 | 78 | 4,110 | ||||
| HANSON | $325,547 | 136 | 3,105 | ||||
| HARDWICK | $214,563 | 269 | 681 | ||||
| HARVARD | $561,415 | 31 | 1,659 | ||||
| HARWICH | $448,342 | 64 | 8,369 | ||||
| HATFIELD | $297,126 | 171 | 990 | ||||
| HAVERHILL | $261,853 | 209 | 10,220 | ||||
| HAWLEY | $213,433 | 271 | 137 | ||||
| HINGHAM | $651,950 | 22 | 6,136 | ||||
| HINSDALE | $225,275 | 250 | 834 | ||||
| HOLDEN | $270,789 | 198 | 5,513 | ||||
| HOLLAND | $195,444 | 285 | 1,360 | ||||
| HOLLISTON | $376,486 | 100 | 4,258 | ||||
| HOLYOKE | $184,739 | 295 | 5,304 | ||||
| HOPEDALE | $302,314 | 162 | 1,470 | ||||
| HOPKINTON | $472,457 | 54 | 4,250 | ||||
| HUBBARDSTON | $244,828 | 231 | 1,368 | ||||
| HUDSON | $297,303 | 170 | 4,367 | ||||
| HULL | $371,230 | 105 | 3,757 | ||||
| HUNTINGTON | $200,577 | 281 | 737 | ||||
| IPSWICH | $446,416 | 66 | 3,749 | ||||
| KINGSTON | $342,428 | 124 | 3,720 | ||||
| LAKEVILLE | $306,535 | 158 | 3,741 | ||||
| LANCASTER | $298,986 | 167 | 1,997 | ||||
| LANESBOROUGH | $218,463 | 261 | 1,202 | ||||
| LAWRENCE | $178,249 | 302 | 4,264 | ||||
| LEE | $254,689 | 218 | 1,811 | ||||
| LEICESTER | $225,518 | 249 | 3,122 | ||||
| LENOX | $400,265 | 85 | 1,591 | ||||
| LEOMINSTER | $225,632 | 248 | 7,996 | ||||
| LEVERETT | $321,418 | 141 | 640 | ||||
| LEXINGTON | $696,677 | 19 | 8,949 | ||||
| LEYDEN | $222,677 | 255 | 255 | ||||
| LINCOLN | $1,000,638 | 8 | 1,506 | ||||
| LITTLETON | $368,977 | 108 | 2,818 | ||||
| LONGMEADOW | $351,150 | 120 | 5,442 | ||||
| LOWELL | $224,616 | 251 | 11,780 | ||||
| LUDLOW | $215,448 | 267 | 5,855 | ||||
| LUNENBURG | $251,469 | 224 | 3,419 | ||||
| LYNN | $223,882 | 253 | 11,458 | ||||
| LYNNFIELD | $527,219 | 36 | 3,809 | ||||
| MANCHESTER | $1,042,435 | 5 | 1,544 | ||||
| MANSFIELD | $361,694 | 112 | 5,304 | ||||
| MARBLEHEAD | $653,474 | 21 | 6,158 | ||||
| MARION | $569,873 | 28 | 2,186 | ||||
| MARSHFIELD | $383,681 | 96 | 8,981 | ||||
| MASHPEE | $448,639 | 63 | 6,807 | ||||
| MATTAPOISETT | $451,345 | 62 | 2,852 | ||||
| MEDFIELD | $564,396 | 30 | 3,486 | ||||
| MEDFORD | $346,547 | 123 | 7,844 | ||||
| MEDWAY | $350,395 | 121 | 3,618 | ||||
| MELROSE | $397,704 | 87 | 6,309 | ||||
| MENDON | $356,395 | 117 | 1,800 | ||||
| MERRIMAC | $334,956 | 128 | 1,584 | ||||
| METHUEN | $265,596 | 204 | 10,661 | ||||
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | $276,643 | 190 | 5,413 | ||||
| MIDDLEFIELD | $193,377 | 287 | 193 | ||||
| MIDDLETON | $488,757 | 48 | 1,949 | ||||
| MILFORD | $278,342 | 187 | 5,773 | ||||
| MILLBURY | $228,152 | 245 | 3,420 | ||||
| MILLIS | $338,837 | 126 | 2,123 | ||||
| MILLVILLE | $276,721 | 189 | 807 | ||||
| MILTON | $507,054 | 44 | 7,116 | ||||
| MONSON | $221,223 | 258 | 2,616 | ||||
| MONTEREY | $522,467 | 38 | 714 | ||||
| MONTGOMERY | $247,769 | 228 | 319 | ||||
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | $423,382 | 74 | 146 | NAHANT | $539,188 | 32 | 1,125 |
| NATICK | $441,357 | 69 | 8,463 | ||||
| NEEDHAM | $708,194 | 18 | 8,346 | ||||
| NEW ASHFORD | $262,935 | 208 | 84 | ||||
| NEW BEDFORD | $214,410 | 270 | 12,332 | ||||
| NEW BRAINTREE | $251,274 | 225 | 300 | ||||
| NEWBURY | $434,744 | 71 | 2,317 | ||||
| NEWBURYPORT | $456,553 | 59 | 4,275 | ||||
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | $365,065 | 109 | 853 | ||||
| NEW SALEM | $231,364 | 242 | 433 | ||||
| NEWTON | $788,246 | 12 | 16,936 | ||||
| NORFOLK | $423,255 | 75 | 2,892 | ||||
| NORTH ADAMS | $135,449 | 311 | 2,637 | ||||
| NORTHAMPTON | $303,473 | 161 | 5,540 | ||||
| NORTH ANDOVER | $455,687 | 61 | 6,181 | ||||
| NORTHBOROUGH | $395,221 | 89 | 4,007 | ||||
| NORTHBRIDGE | $271,154 | 197 | 3,338 | ||||
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | $211,488 | 273 | 1,295 | ||||
| NORTH READING | $447,718 | 65 | 4,194 | ||||
| NORTON | $302,294 | 163 | 4,372 | ||||
| NORWELL | $533,617 | 34 | 3,282 | ||||
| NORWOOD | $362,606 | 111 | 5,819 | ||||
| OAKHAM | $256,281 | 216 | 646 | ||||
| ORLEANS | $712,928 | 17 | 3,727 | ||||
| OTIS | $325,372 | 137 | 1,518 | ||||
| PALMER | $184,481 | 296 | 3,182 | ||||
| PAXTON | $283,629 | 182 | 1,505 | ||||
| PEABODY | $300,295 | 165 | 10,848 | ||||
| PELHAM | $321,004 | 143 | 467 | ||||
| PEMBROKE | $325,746 | 135 | 5,167 | ||||
| PEPPERELL | $296,834 | 172 | 3,046 | ||||
| PETERSHAM | $250,754 | 226 | 465 | ||||
| PHILLIPSTON | $207,924 | 276 | 748 | ||||
| PITTSFIELD | $183,972 | 297 | 11,273 | ||||
| PLAINFIELD | $211,174 | 274 | 248 | ||||
| PLAINVILLE | $328,313 | 132 | 1,905 | ||||
| PLYMOUTH | $307,975 | 157 | 17,770 | ||||
| PLYMPTON | $316,374 | 147 | 892 | ||||
| PRINCETON | $305,473 | 160 | 1,209 | ||||
| QUINCY | $325,774 | 134 | 13,649 | ||||
| RANDOLPH | $252,901 | 222 | 7,096 | ||||
| RAYNHAM | $310,065 | 155 | 3,543 | ||||
| READING | $442,655 | 67 | 6,508 | ||||
| REHOBOTH | $369,543 | 107 | 3,733 | ||||
| REVERE | $233,515 | 239 | 4,438 | ||||
| RICHMOND | $442,364 | 68 | 739 | ||||
| ROCKLAND | $258,129 | 214 | 3,725 | ||||
| ROCKPORT | $524,965 | 37 | 2,342 | ||||
| ROWE | $207,832 | 277 | 209 | ||||
| ROWLEY | $374,646 | 102 | 1,637 | ||||
| RUSSELL | $197,266 | 282 | 527 | ||||
| RUTLAND | $253,032 | 221 | 2,437 | ||||
| SALEM | $296,827 | 173 | 4,813 | ||||
| SALISBURY | $313,541 | 152 | 2,018 | ||||
| SANDISFIELD | $279,578 | 185 | 594 | ||||
| SANDWICH | $358,225 | 115 | 8,344 | ||||
| SAUGUS | $324,493 | 139 | 7,124 | ||||
| SCITUATE | $487,302 | 49 | 6,635 | ||||
| SEEKONK | $305,985 | 159 | 4,696 | ||||
| SHARON | $412,373 | 79 | 5,228 | ||||
| SHEFFIELD | $319,158 | 144 | 1,306 | ||||
| SHELBURNE | $240,762 | 233 | 472 | ||||
| SHERBORN | $740,373 | 14 | 1,324 | ||||
| SHIRLEY | $265,968 | 203 | 1,431 | ||||
| SHREWSBURY | $370,711 | 106 | 9,061 | ||||
| SHUTESBURY | $244,755 | 232 | 784 | ||||
| SOUTHAMPTON | $282,597 | 183 | 2,016 | ||||
| SOUTHBOROUGH | $509,780 | 42 | 2,776 | ||||
| SOUTHBRIDGE | $166,412 | 306 | 2,680 | ||||
| SOUTH HADLEY | $233,581 | 238 | 4,286 | ||||
| SOUTHWICK | $255,557 | 217 | 2,993 | ||||
| SPENCER | $217,694 | 263 | 3,028 | ||||
| SPRINGFIELD | $135,329 | 312 | 26,045 | ||||
| STERLING | $296,439 | 174 | 2,509 | ||||
| STOCKBRIDGE | $499,371 | 46 | 1,091 | ||||
| STONEHAM | $386,565 | 93 | 5,043 | ||||
| STOUGHTON | $284,348 | 181 | 6,508 | ||||
| STOW | $428,744 | 72 | 2,055 | ||||
| STURBRIDGE | $269,927 | 199 | 2,981 | ||||
| SUDBURY | $627,988 | 23 | 5,392 | ||||
| SUNDERLAND | $274,967 | 191 | 753 | ||||
| SUTTON | $326,616 | 133 | 2,824 | ||||
| SWAMPSCOTT | $474,810 | 53 | 3,427 | ||||
| TAUNTON | $236,133 | 237 | 10,311 | ||||
| TEMPLETON | $183,776 | 298 | 2,396 | ||||
| TEWKSBURY | $309,097 | 156 | 7,424 | ||||
| TOLLAND | $314,812 | 149 | 493 | ||||
| TOPSFIELD | $512,872 | 41 | 1,839 | ||||
| TOWNSEND | $246,194 | 230 | 2,795 | ||||
| TYNGSBOROUGH | $318,054 | 146 | 3,099 | ||||
| TYRINGHAM | $498,577 | 47 | 244 | ||||
| UPTON | $372,015 | 104 | 2,185 | ||||
| UXBRIDGE | $291,388 | 176 | 3,296 | ||||
| WAKEFIELD | $400,087 | 86 | 6,201 | ||||
| WALES | $188,149 | 289 | 710 | ||||
| WALPOLE | $404,802 | 83 | 6,312 | ||||
| WARE | $194,829 | 286 | 2,530 | ||||
| WAREHAM | $261,221 | 210 | 9,248 | ||||
| WARREN | $183,193 | 299 | 1,258 | ||||
| WARWICK | $180,871 | 300 | 336 | ||||
| WAYLAND | $592,825 | 25 | 4,032 | ||||
| WEBSTER | $231,496 | 241 | 3,761 | ||||
| WELLESLEY | $986,935 | 9 | 7,285 | ||||
| WELLFLEET | $567,903 | 29 | 3,026 | ||||
| WENHAM | $536,273 | 33 | 1,084 | ||||
| WESTBOROUGH | $408,241 | 81 | 3,833 | ||||
| WEST BOYLSTON | $260,055 | 211 | 1,942 | ||||
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | $287,108 | 178 | 1,989 | ||||
| WEST BROOKFIELD | $224,285 | 252 | 1,270 | ||||
| WESTFIELD | $231,315 | 243 | 9,320 | ||||
| WESTFORD | $441,145 | 70 | 6,276 | ||||
| WESTHAMPTON | $285,833 | 180 | 637 | ||||
| WESTMINSTER | $249,781 | 227 | 2,557 | ||||
| WEST NEWBURY | $475,787 | 51 | 1,319 | ||||
| WESTON | $1,390,240 | 2 | 3,344 | ||||
| WESTPORT | $388,991 | 90 | 5,656 | ||||
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | $216,923 | 265 | 6,446 | ||||
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | $427,317 | 73 | 685 | ||||
| WEST TISBURY | $1,013,407 | 7 | 1,436 | ||||
| WESTWOOD | $621,411 | 24 | 4,473 | ||||
| WEYMOUTH | $292,042 | 175 | 13,080 | ||||
| WHATELY | $263,225 | 207 | 500 | ||||
| WHITMAN | $274,099 | 192 | 3,294 | ||||
| WILBRAHAM | $297,426 | 169 | 4,595 | ||||
| WILLIAMSBURG | $277,850 | 188 | 720 | ||||
| WILLIAMSTOWN | $387,467 | 92 | 1,852 | ||||
| WILMINGTON | $357,067 | 116 | 6,886 | ||||
| WINCHENDON | $186,412 | 292 | 2,786 | ||||
| WINCHESTER | $757,580 | 13 | 5,599 | ||||
| WINDSOR | $186,657 | 291 | 442 | ||||
| WINTHROP | $313,983 | 150 | 2,273 | ||||
| WOBURN | $341,627 | 125 | 7,939 | ||||
| WORCESTER | $205,937 | 278 | 24,811 | ||||
| WORTHINGTON | $257,071 | 215 | 478 | ||||
| WRENTHAM | $378,553 | 99 | 3,224 | ||||
| YARMOUTH | $321,016 | 142 | 12,722 |
