snapshot: Expenditures per person, 2012
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | June 20, 2013
The state annually releases information that shows how much each town spends in general expenditures per person. This includes money spent on education, fire, and police, among other items. In general, communities in Greater Boston spend more per person than those in central and western Mass. Topping the list is the tiny town of Aquinnah; at the bottom was Adams. The data, from the Department of Revenue, is for fiscal 2012.
Community | Total expenditures per person, fiscal 2012 | Rank |
ABINGTON | $2,315 | 215 |
ACTON | $3,474 | 48 |
ACUSHNET | $2,120 | 251 |
ADAMS | $1,010 | 337 |
AGAWAM | $2,581 | 158 |
ALFORD | $2,250 | 227 |
AMESBURY | $2,931 | 92 |
AMHERST | $1,654 | 314 |
ANDOVER | $3,456 | 50 |
AQUINNAH | $8,206 | 1 |
ARLINGTON | $1,844 | 290 |
ASHBURNHAM | $2,027 | 266 |
ASHBY | $1,695 | 309 |
ASHFIELD | $1,965 | 273 |
ASHLAND | $2,659 | 145 |
ATHOL | $1,341 | 329 |
ATTLEBORO | $2,095 | 255 |
AUBURN | $2,440 | 184 |
AVON | $3,450 | 51 |
AYER | $2,484 | 174 |
BARNSTABLE | $2,445 | 182 |
BARRE | $1,527 | 323 |
BECKET | $2,665 | 143 |
BEDFORD | $5,024 | 12 |
BELCHERTOWN | $2,787 | 111 |
BELLINGHAM | $2,403 | 191 |
BELMONT | $2,464 | 179 |
BERKLEY | $2,380 | 199 |
BERLIN | $3,063 | 81 |
BERNARDSTON | $1,697 | 308 |
BEVERLY | $2,026 | 268 |
BILLERICA | $2,733 | 121 |
BLACKSTONE | $1,658 | 312 |
BLANDFORD | $2,137 | 247 |
BOLTON | $3,837 | 33 |
BOSTON | $3,515 | 47 |
BOURNE | $2,300 | 218 |
BOXBOROUGH | $3,763 | 37 |
BOXFORD | $2,838 | 106 |
BOYLSTON | $2,689 | 135 |
BRAINTREE | $2,497 | 172 |
BREWSTER | $3,316 | 58 |
BRIDGEWATER | $1,510 | 324 |
BRIMFIELD | $2,097 | 254 |
BROCKTON | $2,630 | 149 |
BROOKFIELD | $1,983 | 272 |
BROOKLINE | $3,288 | 62 |
BUCKLAND | $1,578 | 320 |
BURLINGTON | $3,637 | 42 |
CAMBRIDGE | $3,613 | 43 |
CANTON | $2,681 | 140 |
CARLISLE | $4,751 | 15 |
CARVER | $2,584 | 157 |
CHARLEMONT | $1,842 | 291 |
CHARLTON | $1,548 | 322 |
CHATHAM | $4,709 | 17 |
CHELMSFORD | $2,957 | 89 |
CHELSEA | $2,702 | 130 |
CHESHIRE | $1,331 | 330 |
CHESTER | $1,983 | 271 |
CHESTERFIELD | $2,166 | 240 |
CHICOPEE | $2,100 | 253 |
CHILMARK | na | na |
CLARKSBURG | $1,618 | 315 |
CLINTON | $2,407 | 190 |
COHASSET | $4,636 | 18 |
COLRAIN | $1,580 | 319 |
CONCORD | $4,058 | 28 |
CONWAY | $2,392 | 194 |
CUMMINGTON | $1,697 | 307 |
DALTON | $1,776 | 299 |
DANVERS | $2,825 | 107 |
DARTMOUTH | $1,839 | 293 |
DEDHAM | na | na |
DEERFIELD | $2,142 | 246 |
DENNIS | $2,735 | 120 |
DIGHTON | $2,040 | 264 |
DOUGLAS | $2,755 | 117 |
DOVER | $4,858 | 13 |
DRACUT | $1,874 | 285 |
DUDLEY | $1,121 | 335 |
DUNSTABLE | $2,165 | 241 |
DUXBURY | $3,126 | 74 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | $2,699 | 133 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | $1,839 | 292 |
EASTHAM | $3,576 | 44 |
EASTHAMPTON | $2,052 | 262 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | $3,728 | 38 |
EASTON | $2,686 | 136 |
EDGARTOWN | $6,845 | 3 |
EGREMONT | $2,419 | 187 |
ERVING | $4,710 | 16 |
ESSEX | $3,256 | 63 |
EVERETT | $2,908 | 95 |
FAIRHAVEN | $2,299 | 220 |
FALL RIVER | $1,824 | 295 |
FALMOUTH | $3,160 | 73 |
FITCHBURG | $2,026 | 267 |
FLORIDA | $3,405 | 54 |
FOXBOROUGH | $3,082 | 78 |
FRAMINGHAM | $2,556 | 161 |
FRANKLIN | $2,863 | 102 |
FREETOWN | $2,044 | 263 |
GARDNER | $1,892 | 281 |
GEORGETOWN | $2,549 | 162 |
GILL | $1,700 | 306 |
GLOUCESTER | $2,619 | 151 |
GOSHEN | $2,150 | 242 |
GOSNOLD | na | na |
GRAFTON | $2,364 | 204 |
GRANBY | $2,300 | 219 |
GRANVILLE | $2,524 | 166 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | $2,623 | 150 |
GREENFIELD | $2,356 | 206 |
GROTON | $2,579 | 159 |
GROVELAND | $1,602 | 316 |
HADLEY | $2,457 | 180 |
HALIFAX | $2,329 | 213 |
HAMILTON | $2,727 | 125 |
HAMPDEN | $1,833 | 294 |
HANCOCK | $1,116 | 336 |
HANOVER | $3,249 | 64 |
HANSON | $1,766 | 301 |
HARDWICK | $1,430 | 328 |
HARVARD | $1,562 | 321 |
HARWICH | $4,047 | 29 |
HATFIELD | na | na |
HAVERHILL | $2,192 | 237 |
HAWLEY | $2,082 | 257 |
HEATH | $2,377 | 200 |
HINGHAM | $3,308 | 60 |
HINSDALE | na | na |
HOLBROOK | $2,434 | 185 |
HOLDEN | $2,066 | 260 |
HOLLAND | $2,193 | 236 |
HOLLISTON | $3,312 | 59 |
HOLYOKE | $2,602 | 154 |
HOPEDALE | $3,002 | 85 |
HOPKINTON | $3,844 | 32 |
HUBBARDSTON | na | na |
HUDSON | $3,026 | 83 |
HULL | $2,858 | 103 |
HUNTINGTON | $1,756 | 302 |
IPSWICH | $2,872 | 101 |
KINGSTON | $2,722 | 126 |
LAKEVILLE | $1,945 | 276 |
LANCASTER | $1,951 | 274 |
LANESBOROUGH | $2,983 | 87 |
LAWRENCE | $2,907 | 97 |
LEE | $2,520 | 169 |
LEICESTER | $2,285 | 224 |
LENOX | $2,533 | 163 |
LEOMINSTER | $2,121 | 250 |
LEVERETT | $2,770 | 116 |
LEXINGTON | $3,836 | 34 |
LEYDEN | $1,894 | 280 |
LINCOLN | $3,295 | 61 |
LITTLETON | $3,517 | 46 |
LONGMEADOW | $2,752 | 118 |
LOWELL | $2,364 | 203 |
LUDLOW | $2,335 | 209 |
LUNENBURG | $2,730 | 123 |
LYNN | $2,805 | 109 |
LYNNFIELD | $3,395 | 55 |
MALDEN | $2,057 | 261 |
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | $4,111 | 25 |
MANSFIELD | $3,053 | 82 |
MARBLEHEAD | $2,905 | 98 |
MARION | $3,247 | 65 |
MARLBOROUGH | $2,501 | 170 |
MARSHFIELD | $2,874 | 100 |
MASHPEE | $3,436 | 52 |
MATTAPOISETT | $3,196 | 71 |
MAYNARD | $2,911 | 93 |
MEDFIELD | $3,804 | 36 |
MEDFORD | na | 338 |
MEDWAY | $3,175 | 72 |
MELROSE | $2,228 | 232 |
MENDON | $2,233 | 230 |
MERRIMAC | $1,776 | 300 |
METHUEN | $2,394 | 193 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | $2,715 | 128 |
MIDDLEFIELD | $2,135 | 248 |
MIDDLETON | $2,600 | 155 |
MILFORD | $2,647 | 147 |
MILLBURY | $2,448 | 181 |
MILLIS | $2,798 | 110 |
MILLVILLE | $1,446 | 327 |
MILTON | $2,473 | 177 |
MONROE | $2,678 | 141 |
MONSON | $3,713 | 39 |
MONTAGUE | $1,809 | 296 |
MONTEREY | $3,112 | 76 |
MONTGOMERY | na | na |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | na | na |
NAHANT | $2,237 | 229 |
NANTUCKET | $4,440 | 19 |
NATICK | $3,231 | 67 |
NEEDHAM | $3,641 | 41 |
NEW ASHFORD | $2,421 | 186 |
NEW BEDFORD | $2,146 | 244 |
NEW BRAINTREE | $1,732 | 304 |
NEWBURY | $2,383 | 198 |
NEWBURYPORT | $2,988 | 86 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | $2,702 | 131 |
NEW SALEM | $2,229 | 231 |
NEWTON | $2,784 | 112 |
NORFOLK | $2,732 | 122 |
NORTH ADAMS | $2,024 | 269 |
NORTHAMPTON | $2,490 | 173 |
NORTH ANDOVER | $2,365 | 202 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | $2,473 | 176 |
NORTHBOROUGH | $3,066 | 79 |
NORTHBRIDGE | $3,319 | 57 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | $2,250 | 228 |
NORTHFIELD | $1,872 | 286 |
NORTH READING | $3,229 | 68 |
NORTON | $2,392 | 196 |
NORWELL | $3,829 | 35 |
NORWOOD | $3,424 | 53 |
OAK BLUFFS | $5,124 | 10 |
OAKHAM | $1,447 | 326 |
ORANGE | $2,169 | 239 |
ORLEANS | $3,979 | 30 |
OTIS | $2,743 | 119 |
OXFORD | $2,350 | 208 |
PALMER | $2,199 | 235 |
PAXTON | $2,145 | 245 |
PEABODY | $2,264 | 226 |
PELHAM | $2,619 | 152 |
PEMBROKE | $2,685 | 138 |
PEPPERELL | $1,602 | 317 |
PERU | $1,880 | 283 |
PETERSHAM | $2,499 | 171 |
PHILLIPSTON | $1,689 | 311 |
PITTSFIELD | $2,188 | 238 |
PLAINFIELD | $2,330 | 211 |
PLAINVILLE | $4,295 | 23 |
PLYMOUTH | $2,352 | 207 |
PLYMPTON | $2,701 | 132 |
PRINCETON | $2,372 | 201 |
PROVINCETOWN | $5,716 | 5 |
QUINCY | $2,565 | 160 |
RANDOLPH | $2,392 | 195 |
RAYNHAM | $2,264 | 225 |
READING | $3,967 | 31 |
REHOBOTH | $1,753 | 303 |
REVERE | $1,855 | 288 |
RICHMOND | $2,720 | 127 |
ROCHESTER | $3,221 | 69 |
ROCKLAND | $2,391 | 197 |
ROCKPORT | $2,931 | 91 |
ROWE | $7,625 | 2 |
ROWLEY | $2,475 | 175 |
ROYALSTON | $1,207 | 334 |
RUSSELL | $1,776 | 298 |
RUTLAND | $1,891 | 282 |
SALEM | $2,671 | 142 |
SALISBURY | $2,201 | 234 |
SANDISFIELD | $2,693 | 134 |
SANDWICH | $3,065 | 80 |
SAUGUS | $2,415 | 188 |
SAVOY | $2,150 | 243 |
SCITUATE | $2,951 | 90 |
SEEKONK | $2,909 | 94 |
SHARON | $3,386 | 56 |
SHEFFIELD | $2,524 | 165 |
SHELBURNE | $1,600 | 318 |
SHERBORN | $5,363 | 9 |
SHIRLEY | $1,305 | 331 |
SHREWSBURY | $2,470 | 178 |
SHUTESBURY | $2,839 | 105 |
SOMERSET | $2,604 | 153 |
SOMERVILLE | $2,032 | 265 |
SOUTHAMPTON | $2,287 | 221 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | $4,342 | 21 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | $2,524 | 167 |
SOUTH HADLEY | $2,131 | 249 |
SOUTHWICK | $1,781 | 297 |
SPENCER | $1,219 | 333 |
SPRINGFIELD | $3,208 | 70 |
STERLING | na | na |
STOCKBRIDGE | $2,980 | 88 |
STONEHAM | $2,587 | 156 |
STOUGHTON | $2,317 | 214 |
STOW | $3,245 | 66 |
STURBRIDGE | $2,882 | 99 |
SUDBURY | $4,307 | 22 |
SUNDERLAND | $1,724 | 305 |
SUTTON | $2,775 | 113 |
SWAMPSCOTT | $3,466 | 49 |
SWANSEA | $2,073 | 259 |
TAUNTON | $2,636 | 148 |
TEMPLETON | na | na |
TEWKSBURY | $2,772 | 115 |
TISBURY | $5,386 | 8 |
TOLLAND | na | na |
TOPSFIELD | $4,253 | 24 |
TOWNSEND | $1,658 | 313 |
TRURO | $6,505 | 4 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | $2,686 | 137 |
TYRINGHAM | $3,122 | 75 |
UPTON | $2,212 | 233 |
UXBRIDGE | $2,657 | 146 |
WAKEFIELD | $2,307 | 216 |
WALES | $1,912 | 279 |
WALPOLE | $2,816 | 108 |
WALTHAM | $2,357 | 205 |
WARE | $2,531 | 164 |
WAREHAM | $2,118 | 252 |
WARREN | $1,300 | 332 |
WARWICK | $2,077 | 258 |
WASHINGTON | $1,879 | 284 |
WATERTOWN | $2,305 | 217 |
WAYLAND | $4,758 | 14 |
WEBSTER | na | na |
WELLESLEY | $4,072 | 27 |
WELLFLEET | $5,653 | 7 |
WENDELL | $1,946 | 275 |
WENHAM | $2,856 | 104 |
WESTBOROUGH | $4,073 | 26 |
WEST BOYLSTON | $2,442 | 183 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | $3,100 | 77 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | $1,452 | 325 |
WESTFIELD | $2,285 | 223 |
WESTFORD | $3,688 | 40 |
WESTHAMPTON | $2,663 | 144 |
WESTMINSTER | $2,330 | 212 |
WEST NEWBURY | $2,521 | 168 |
WESTON | $5,711 | 6 |
WESTPORT | $2,004 | 270 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | $2,727 | 124 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | $2,684 | 139 |
WEST TISBURY | $5,111 | 11 |
WESTWOOD | $4,407 | 20 |
WEYMOUTH | $1,935 | 277 |
WHATELY | $2,773 | 114 |
WHITMAN | $1,693 | 310 |
WILBRAHAM | $2,287 | 222 |
WILLIAMSBURG | $2,093 | 256 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | $1,931 | 278 |
WILMINGTON | $3,004 | 84 |
WINCHENDON | $2,335 | 210 |
WINCHESTER | $3,566 | 45 |
WINDSOR | $1,861 | 287 |
WINTHROP | $1,847 | 289 |
WOBURN | $2,704 | 129 |
WORCESTER | $2,409 | 189 |
WORTHINGTON | na | na |
WRENTHAM | $2,908 | 96 |
YARMOUTH | $2,400 | 192 |