Snapshot: Average tax bills, 2012
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Oct. 25, 2012
Twelve communities in Massachusetts -- most in MetroWest -- have average tax bills of more than $10,000 a year. Topping the list is Weston, at more than $16,000, followed by Sherborn, Lincoln and Dover. Towns in the western part of the state had the lowest bills. The data, from the Department of revenue, is for fiscal 2012.
Community | Average tax bill, 2012 | State rank |
ABINGTON | $4,600 | 117 |
ACTON | $9,259 | 16 |
ACUSHNET | $3,306 | 234 |
ADAMS | $2,472 | 305 |
AGAWAM | $3,150 | 244 |
ALFORD | $2,946 | 269 |
AMESBURY | $5,855 | 62 |
AMHERST | $6,293 | 51 |
ANDOVER | $7,786 | 33 |
AQUINNAH | NA | NA |
ARLINGTON | $6,565 | 47 |
ASHBURNHAM | $3,757 | 179 |
ASHBY | $3,486 | 218 |
ASHFIELD | $3,483 | 219 |
ASHLAND | $5,958 | 59 |
ATHOL | $2,161 | 313 |
ATTLEBORO | $3,341 | 233 |
AUBURN | $3,547 | 210 |
AVON | $3,611 | 197 |
AYER | $3,558 | 206 |
BARNSTABLE | NA | NA |
BARRE | $2,725 | 290 |
BECKET | $2,333 | 309 |
BEDFORD | $7,883 | 30 |
BELCHERTOWN | $4,039 | 159 |
BELLINGHAM | $3,589 | 199 |
BELMONT | $9,964 | 13 |
BERKLEY | $3,689 | 184 |
BERLIN | $5,583 | 73 |
BERNARDSTON | $3,480 | 220 |
BEVERLY | $5,435 | 80 |
BILLERICA | $4,366 | 135 |
BLACKSTONE | $4,081 | 155 |
BLANDFORD | $3,009 | 260 |
BOLTON | $9,021 | 18 |
BOSTON | NA | NA |
BOURNE | $3,550 | 209 |
BOXBOROUGH | $9,080 | 17 |
BOXFORD | $8,021 | 28 |
BOYLSTON | $5,710 | 68 |
BRAINTREE | $3,759 | 178 |
BREWSTER | $3,352 | 232 |
BRIDGEWATER | $4,663 | 113 |
BRIMFIELD | $3,364 | 231 |
BROCKTON | $3,108 | 248 |
BROOKFIELD | $3,533 | 213 |
BROOKLINE | NA | NA |
BUCKLAND | $3,090 | 251 |
BURLINGTON | $4,403 | 132 |
CAMBRIDGE | NA | NA |
CANTON | $5,526 | 76 |
CARLISLE | $11,900 | 5 |
CARVER | $4,050 | 157 |
CHARLEMONT | $3,169 | 242 |
CHARLTON | $3,044 | 254 |
CHATHAM | $3,536 | 212 |
CHELMSFORD | $5,653 | 70 |
CHELSEA | NA | NA |
CHESHIRE | $2,018 | 314 |
CHESTER | $3,086 | 252 |
CHESTERFIELD | $3,425 | 225 |
CHICOPEE | $2,683 | 296 |
CHILMARK | NA | NA |
CLARKSBURG | $1,977 | 316 |
CLINTON | $3,274 | 235 |
COHASSET | $10,199 | 11 |
COLRAIN | $2,888 | 279 |
CONWAY | $4,194 | 148 |
CUMMINGTON | $2,726 | 289 |
DALTON | $3,589 | 199 |
DANVERS | $4,883 | 101 |
DARTMOUTH | $3,146 | 245 |
DEDHAM | $5,770 | 65 |
DEERFIELD | $3,471 | 222 |
DENNIS | $2,309 | 310 |
DIGHTON | $3,811 | 174 |
DOUGLAS | $3,664 | 188 |
DOVER | $12,390 | 4 |
DRACUT | $3,583 | 203 |
DUDLEY | $2,283 | 311 |
DUNSTABLE | $5,798 | 63 |
DUXBURY | $7,680 | 36 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | $4,808 | 105 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | $3,223 | 239 |
EASTHAM | $2,890 | 278 |
EASTHAMPTON | $3,036 | 256 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | $4,781 | 106 |
EASTON | $5,642 | 71 |
EDGARTOWN | NA | NA |
EGREMONT | $3,024 | 259 |
ERVING | $1,402 | 318 |
ESSEX | $7,060 | 40 |
EVERETT | NA | NA |
FAIRHAVEN | $2,696 | 293 |
FALL RIVER | $2,367 | 308 |
FALMOUTH | $3,656 | 190 |
FITCHBURG | $2,913 | 273 |
FLORIDA | $1,245 | 319 |
FOXBOROUGH | $5,174 | 88 |
FRAMINGHAM | $5,774 | 64 |
FRANKLIN | $4,842 | 102 |
FREETOWN | $3,380 | 228 |
GARDNER | $2,864 | 281 |
GEORGETOWN | $4,973 | 97 |
GILL | $3,031 | 257 |
GLOUCESTER | $5,512 | 78 |
GOSHEN | $2,945 | 270 |
GOSNOLD | NA | NA |
GRAFTON | $4,771 | 107 |
GRANBY | $3,625 | 194 |
GRANVILLE | $3,254 | 236 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | $4,914 | 99 |
GREENFIELD | $3,514 | 214 |
GROTON | $6,418 | 49 |
GROVELAND | $4,571 | 119 |
HADLEY | $3,175 | 241 |
HALIFAX | $4,765 | 110 |
HAMILTON | $7,988 | 29 |
HAMPDEN | $4,508 | 125 |
HANCOCK | $759 | 322 |
HANOVER | $6,255 | 53 |
HANSON | $3,977 | 164 |
HARDWICK | $2,816 | 285 |
HARVARD | $8,862 | 21 |
HARWICH | $3,586 | 202 |
HATFIELD | $3,156 | 243 |
HAVERHILL | $3,778 | 175 |
HAWLEY | $3,424 | 226 |
HEATH | $3,687 | 185 |
HINGHAM | $7,650 | 37 |
HINSDALE | $2,684 | 294 |
HOLBROOK | $4,286 | 143 |
HOLDEN | $4,401 | 133 |
HOLLAND | $2,924 | 271 |
HOLLISTON | $6,916 | 44 |
HOLYOKE | $3,115 | 247 |
HOPEDALE | $4,505 | 126 |
HOPKINTON | $8,082 | 26 |
HUBBARDSTON | $2,999 | 262 |
HUDSON | $4,485 | 127 |
HULL | $4,706 | 112 |
HUNTINGTON | $3,041 | 255 |
IPSWICH | $5,545 | 74 |
KINGSTON | $5,117 | 92 |
LAKEVILLE | $3,514 | 214 |
LANCASTER | $5,231 | 86 |
LANESBOROUGH | $3,674 | 186 |
LAWRENCE | $2,527 | 302 |
LEE | $3,370 | 230 |
LEICESTER | $2,905 | 274 |
LENOX | $4,354 | 136 |
LEOMINSTER | $3,640 | 193 |
LEVERETT | $5,373 | 82 |
LEXINGTON | $10,441 | 10 |
LEYDEN | $3,766 | 176 |
LINCOLN | $13,322 | 3 |
LITTLETON | $5,960 | 58 |
LONGMEADOW | $6,939 | 42 |
LOWELL | $3,236 | 238 |
LUDLOW | $3,613 | 196 |
LUNENBURG | $4,174 | 151 |
LYNN | $3,670 | 187 |
LYNNFIELD | $7,380 | 38 |
MALDEN | NA | NA |
MANCHESTER | $10,125 | 12 |
MANSFIELD | $5,164 | 89 |
MARBLEHEAD | $6,958 | 41 |
MARION | $5,524 | 77 |
MARLBOROUGH | $4,476 | 130 |
MARSHFIELD | $4,480 | 128 |
MASHPEE | $3,833 | 173 |
MATTAPOISETT | $5,245 | 84 |
MAYNARD | $5,751 | 66 |
MEDFIELD | $8,811 | 22 |
MEDFORD | $4,179 | 150 |
MEDWAY | $6,105 | 56 |
MELROSE | $5,093 | 95 |
MENDON | $5,111 | 93 |
MERRIMAC | $4,770 | 108 |
METHUEN | $3,504 | 217 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | $3,720 | 182 |
MIDDLEFIELD | $3,031 | 257 |
MIDDLETON | $6,167 | 54 |
MILFORD | $4,323 | 139 |
MILLBURY | $3,378 | 229 |
MILLIS | $5,226 | 87 |
MILLVILLE | $3,610 | 198 |
MILTON | $7,321 | 39 |
MONROE | $1,158 | 320 |
MONSON | $3,241 | 237 |
MONTAGUE | $2,995 | 264 |
MONTEREY | $2,795 | 286 |
MONTGOMERY | $3,508 | 216 |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | $2,401 | 306 |
NAHANT | $5,541 | 75 |
NANTUCKET | NA | NA |
NATICK | $6,015 | 57 |
NEEDHAM | $8,075 | 27 |
NEW ASHFORD | NA | NA |
NEW BEDFORD | $2,761 | 288 |
NEW BRAINTREE | $3,919 | 168 |
NEWBURY | $4,476 | 130 |
NEWBURYPORT | $5,699 | 69 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | $3,198 | 240 |
NEW SALEM | $3,093 | 250 |
NEWTON | $8,910 | 20 |
NORFOLK | $6,927 | 43 |
NORTH ADAMS | $2,008 | 315 |
NORTHAMPTON | $4,064 | 156 |
NORTH ANDOVER | $6,350 | 50 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | $3,895 | 169 |
NORTHBOROUGH | $6,114 | 55 |
NORTHBRIDGE | $3,390 | 227 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | $2,854 | 283 |
NORTHFIELD | $3,078 | 253 |
NORTH READING | $6,473 | 48 |
NORTON | $3,954 | 167 |
NORWELL | $7,714 | 34 |
NORWOOD | $3,862 | 172 |
OAK BLUFFS | $4,274 | 145 |
OAKHAM | $2,902 | 275 |
ORANGE | $2,684 | 294 |
ORLEANS | $4,219 | 147 |
OTIS | $2,221 | 312 |
OXFORD | NA | NA |
PALMER | $2,893 | 277 |
PAXTON | $4,948 | 98 |
PEABODY | $3,553 | 208 |
PELHAM | $5,950 | 60 |
PEMBROKE | $4,543 | 123 |
PEPPERELL | $4,001 | 161 |
PERU | $2,775 | 287 |
PETERSHAM | $3,662 | 189 |
PHILLIPSTON | $2,853 | 284 |
PITTSFIELD | $2,858 | 282 |
PLAINFIELD | NA | NA |
PLAINVILLE | $4,610 | 115 |
PLYMOUTH | NA | NA |
PLYMPTON | $5,133 | 91 |
PRINCETON | $5,096 | 94 |
PROVINCETOWN | $5,425 | 81 |
QUINCY | $4,477 | 129 |
RANDOLPH | $4,020 | 160 |
RAYNHAM | $4,316 | 141 |
READING | $6,290 | 52 |
REHOBOTH | $3,867 | 170 |
REVERE | $3,572 | 204 |
RICHMOND | $4,048 | 158 |
ROCHESTER | $4,314 | 142 |
ROCKLAND | $4,093 | 154 |
ROCKPORT | $5,147 | 90 |
ROWE | $1,125 | 321 |
ROWLEY | $5,089 | 96 |
ROYALSTON | NA | NA |
RUSSELL | $3,646 | 192 |
RUTLAND | $3,735 | 181 |
SALEM | $4,593 | 118 |
SALISBURY | $3,439 | 224 |
SANDISFIELD | $2,708 | 292 |
SANDWICH | $4,515 | 124 |
SAUGUS | $3,588 | 201 |
SAVOY | $2,512 | 303 |
SCITUATE | $5,899 | 61 |
SEEKONK | $3,617 | 195 |
SHARON | $8,310 | 25 |
SHEFFIELD | $4,100 | 153 |
SHELBURNE | $3,104 | 249 |
SHERBORN | $13,534 | 2 |
SHIRLEY | $3,969 | 166 |
SHREWSBURY | $4,139 | 152 |
SHUTESBURY | $4,833 | 104 |
SOMERSET | NA | NA |
SOMERVILLE | NA | NA |
SOUTHAMPTON | $3,764 | 177 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | $8,334 | 24 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | $2,949 | 268 |
SOUTH HADLEY | $3,449 | 223 |
SOUTHWICK | $3,656 | 190 |
SPENCER | $2,494 | 304 |
SPRINGFIELD | $2,653 | 298 |
STERLING | $4,545 | 122 |
STOCKBRIDGE | NA | NA |
STONEHAM | $4,908 | 100 |
STOUGHTON | $3,979 | 163 |
STOW | $7,682 | 35 |
STURBRIDGE | $4,553 | 121 |
SUDBURY | $10,937 | 9 |
SUNDERLAND | $3,571 | 205 |
SUTTON | $4,607 | 116 |
SWAMPSCOTT | $8,377 | 23 |
SWANSEA | $2,965 | 267 |
TAUNTON | $2,917 | 272 |
TEMPLETON | $2,612 | 300 |
TEWKSBURY | $4,712 | 111 |
TISBURY | NA | NA |
TOLLAND | $1,780 | 317 |
TOPSFIELD | $7,842 | 31 |
TOWNSEND | $3,970 | 165 |
TRURO | $4,275 | 144 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | $4,838 | 103 |
TYRINGHAM | $2,997 | 263 |
UPTON | $5,630 | 72 |
UXBRIDGE | $4,395 | 134 |
WAKEFIELD | $4,769 | 109 |
WALES | $2,881 | 280 |
WALPOLE | $5,740 | 67 |
WALTHAM | NA | NA |
WARE | $3,003 | 261 |
WAREHAM | $2,384 | 307 |
WARREN | $2,968 | 266 |
WARWICK | $2,987 | 265 |
WASHINGTON | NA | NA |
WATERTOWN | NA | NA |
WAYLAND | $11,274 | 8 |
WEBSTER | $2,670 | 297 |
WELLESLEY | $11,860 | 6 |
WELLFLEET | $3,474 | 221 |
WENDELL | NA | NA |
WENHAM | $9,482 | 15 |
WESTBOROUGH | $7,790 | 32 |
WEST BOYLSTON | $4,349 | 137 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | $4,320 | 140 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | $2,612 | 300 |
WESTFIELD | $3,737 | 180 |
WESTFORD | $6,901 | 45 |
WESTHAMPTON | $4,626 | 114 |
WESTMINSTER | $3,989 | 162 |
WEST NEWBURY | $6,742 | 46 |
WESTON | $16,643 | 1 |
WESTPORT | $2,713 | 291 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | $3,696 | 183 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | NA | NA |
WEST TISBURY | NA | NA |
WESTWOOD | $9,019 | 19 |
WEYMOUTH | $3,541 | 211 |
WHATELY | $4,180 | 149 |
WHITMAN | $3,867 | 170 |
WILBRAHAM | $5,237 | 85 |
WILLIAMSBURG | $4,221 | 146 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | $5,262 | 83 |
WILMINGTON | $4,343 | 138 |
WINCHENDON | $2,643 | 299 |
WINCHESTER | $9,557 | 14 |
WINDSOR | NA | NA |
WINTHROP | $4,564 | 120 |
WOBURN | $3,554 | 207 |
WORCESTER | NA | NA |
WORTHINGTON | $3,135 | 246 |
WRENTHAM | $5,475 | 79 |
YARMOUTH | $2,894 | 276 |