snapshot: property tax changes, '09-'13
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | July 18, 2013
The chart shows the change in the average property tax for a single-family home between 2009-2013. Many of the biggest jumps occurred in western Mass. The data is from the Department of Revenue.
| DISTRICT | Change 2009-2013 | State rank | 2012-2013 enrollment |
| ABINGTON | 13.6% | 162 | $4,756 |
| ACTON | 15.0% | 126 | $9,650 |
| ACUSHNET | 10.9% | 228 | $3,380 |
| ADAMS | 12.8% | 188 | $2,453 |
| AGAWAM | 15.4% | 115 | $3,245 |
| ALFORD | 6.5% | 300 | $2,976 |
| AMESBURY | 9.0% | 268 | $5,984 |
| AMHERST | 16.0% | 103 | $6,508 |
| ANDOVER | 12.9% | 184 | $7,967 |
| AQUINNAH | 21.4% | 32 | $5,387 |
| ARLINGTON | 23.2% | 19 | $6,842 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 11.5% | 212 | $3,864 |
| ASHBY | 16.7% | 93 | $3,685 |
| ASHFIELD | 13.6% | 164 | $3,589 |
| ASHLAND | 11.5% | 215 | $6,125 |
| ATHOL | 2.6% | 325 | $2,069 |
| ATTLEBORO | 13.3% | 170 | $3,456 |
| AUBURN | 21.1% | 34 | $3,653 |
| AVON | 23.2% | 18 | $3,888 |
| AYER | 18.7% | 64 | $3,649 |
| BARNSTABLE | NA | NA | NA |
| BARRE | 15.3% | 117 | $2,847 |
| BECKET | 19.0% | 60 | $2,353 |
| BEDFORD | 24.1% | 13 | $7,963 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 11.8% | 208 | $4,158 |
| BELLINGHAM | 16.5% | 96 | $3,710 |
| BELMONT | 15.7% | 109 | $10,359 |
| BERKLEY | 20.6% | 39 | $3,717 |
| BERLIN | 8.1% | 281 | $5,554 |
| BERNARDSTON | 3.1% | 322 | $3,458 |
| BEVERLY | 14.7% | 133 | $5,565 |
| BILLERICA | 12.9% | 185 | $4,468 |
| BLACKSTONE | 19.0% | 63 | $4,210 |
| BLANDFORD | 8.6% | 276 | $3,121 |
| BOLTON | 16.7% | 92 | $9,257 |
| BOSTON | NA | NA | NA |
| BOURNE | 11.4% | 219 | $3,680 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 11.4% | 221 | $9,022 |
| BOXFORD | 9.0% | 269 | $8,295 |
| BOYLSTON | 19.7% | 51 | $5,764 |
| BRAINTREE | 10.5% | 241 | $3,814 |
| BREWSTER | 15.3% | 119 | $3,475 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 19.1% | 59 | $4,781 |
| BRIMFIELD | 11.9% | 206 | $3,500 |
| BROCKTON | 17.1% | 86 | $3,112 |
| BROOKFIELD | 8.4% | 278 | $3,562 |
| BROOKLINE | NA | NA | NA |
| BUCKLAND | 5.9% | 304 | $3,150 |
| BURLINGTON | 12.9% | 183 | $4,536 |
| CAMBRIDGE | NA | NA | NA |
| CANTON | 17.1% | 87 | $5,729 |
| CARLISLE | 9.6% | 259 | $11,960 |
| CARVER | 11.5% | 218 | $4,156 |
| CHARLEMONT | 3.8% | 320 | $3,241 |
| CHARLTON | 16.6% | 94 | $3,140 |
| CHATHAM | 19.8% | 50 | $3,919 |
| CHELMSFORD | 14.4% | 141 | $5,799 |
| CHELSEA | NA | NA | NA |
| CHESHIRE | 16.4% | 97 | $2,132 |
| CHESTER | 12.5% | 194 | $3,219 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 15.0% | 127 | $3,739 |
| CHICOPEE | 7.1% | 293 | $2,696 |
| CHILMARK | 16.6% | 95 | $4,294 |
| CLARKSBURG | 27.5% | 5 | $2,144 |
| CLINTON | 11.0% | 226 | $3,360 |
| COHASSET | 12.0% | 202 | $10,468 |
| COLRAIN | 8.3% | 280 | $2,910 |
| CONCORD | 10.2% | 246 | $11,802 |
| CONWAY | 4.8% | 313 | $3,968 |
| CUMMINGTON | 13.4% | 167 | $2,828 |
| DALTON | 14.0% | 152 | $3,652 |
| DANVERS | 15.8% | 107 | $5,085 |
| DARTMOUTH | 11.7% | 211 | $3,239 |
| DEDHAM | 14.1% | 149 | $5,937 |
| DEERFIELD | 9.0% | 266 | $3,563 |
| DENNIS | 6.8% | 297 | $2,388 |
| DIGHTON | 12.0% | 205 | $3,906 |
| DOUGLAS | 27.5% | 6 | $4,138 |
| DOVER | 14.3% | 144 | $12,790 |
| DRACUT | 13.7% | 161 | $3,698 |
| DUDLEY | 14.3% | 145 | $2,349 |
| DUNSTABLE | 7.9% | 285 | $6,064 |
| DUXBURY | 11.4% | 220 | $7,947 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 26.7% | 8 | $5,000 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 15.3% | 118 | $3,294 |
| EASTHAM | 12.4% | 196 | $2,936 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 21.5% | 29 | $3,311 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 6.0% | 303 | $4,682 |
| EASTON | 14.4% | 138 | $5,848 |
| EDGARTOWN | 16.0% | 101 | $3,964 |
| EGREMONT | 4.6% | 316 | $2,971 |
| ERVING | 15.8% | 108 | $1,490 |
| ESSEX | 20.1% | 45 | $7,474 |
| EVERETT | NA | NA | NA |
| FAIRHAVEN | 14.3% | 143 | $2,795 |
| FALL RIVER | 24.1% | 14 | $2,505 |
| FALMOUTH | 19.5% | 55 | $3,789 |
| FITCHBURG | 13.3% | 172 | $2,981 |
| FLORIDA | 19.2% | 58 | $1,325 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 21.3% | 33 | $5,466 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 22.2% | 27 | $5,783 |
| FRANKLIN | 16.1% | 100 | $4,990 |
| FREETOWN | 10.9% | 229 | $3,472 |
| GARDNER | 15.0% | 129 | $2,996 |
| GEORGETOWN | 21.4% | 31 | $5,116 |
| GILL | 13.9% | 155 | $3,108 |
| GLOUCESTER | 18.2% | 69 | $5,696 |
| GOSHEN | 11.7% | 210 | $3,000 |
| GOSNOLD | 22.2% | 26 | $2,428 |
| GRAFTON | 25.8% | 9 | $5,053 |
| GRANBY | 15.5% | 113 | $3,766 |
| GRANVILLE | 2.9% | 323 | $2,939 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 9.5% | 262 | $4,942 |
| GREENFIELD | 9.0% | 267 | $3,640 |
| GROTON | 7.9% | 284 | $6,681 |
| GROVELAND | 19.2% | 57 | $4,804 |
| HADLEY | 14.5% | 137 | $3,214 |
| HALIFAX | 12.1% | 199 | $4,899 |
| HAMILTON | 0.9% | 329 | $7,924 |
| HAMPDEN | 14.5% | 136 | $4,579 |
| HANCOCK | -3.6% | 336 | $674 |
| HANOVER | 24.9% | 10 | $6,576 |
| HANSON | 18.2% | 70 | $4,403 |
| HARDWICK | 19.4% | 56 | $2,939 |
| HARVARD | 9.7% | 258 | $9,125 |
| HARWICH | 17.0% | 88 | $3,690 |
| HATFIELD | 14.4% | 140 | $3,531 |
| HAVERHILL | 13.8% | 158 | $3,830 |
| HAWLEY | 20.5% | 40 | $3,404 |
| HEATH | 15.5% | 114 | $3,721 |
| HINGHAM | 22.3% | 24 | $7,973 |
| HINSDALE | 14.9% | 130 | $2,925 |
| HOLBROOK | 6.3% | 301 | $4,190 |
| HOLDEN | 13.3% | 174 | $4,523 |
| HOLLAND | 10.6% | 237 | $3,020 |
| HOLLISTON | 15.2% | 122 | $7,090 |
| HOLYOKE | 22.4% | 23 | $3,330 |
| HOPEDALE | 4.8% | 312 | $4,584 |
| HOPKINTON | 10.3% | 243 | $8,285 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 14.5% | 135 | $3,136 |
| HUDSON | 20.9% | 35 | $4,700 |
| HULL | 12.4% | 195 | $4,854 |
| HUNTINGTON | 18.4% | 68 | $3,140 |
| IPSWICH | 12.3% | 197 | $5,697 |
| KINGSTON | 14.2% | 148 | $5,364 |
| LAKEVILLE | 12.1% | 201 | $3,637 |
| LANCASTER | 8.4% | 279 | $5,156 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 20.0% | 49 | $3,876 |
| LAWRENCE | 11.5% | 216 | $2,530 |
| LEE | 13.3% | 171 | $3,465 |
| LEICESTER | 11.1% | 225 | $2,989 |
| LENOX | 12.7% | 190 | $4,496 |
| LEOMINSTER | 17.6% | 78 | $3,771 |
| LEVERETT | 15.1% | 124 | $5,630 |
| LEXINGTON | 19.7% | 52 | $10,906 |
| LEYDEN | -0.1% | 334 | $3,723 |
| LINCOLN | 15.6% | 111 | $13,254 |
| LITTLETON | 16.9% | 89 | $6,222 |
| LONGMEADOW | 18.0% | 73 | $7,362 |
| LOWELL | 11.3% | 222 | $3,273 |
| LUDLOW | 9.1% | 264 | $3,603 |
| LUNENBURG | 10.1% | 249 | $4,287 |
| LYNN | 10.0% | 250 | $3,651 |
| LYNNFIELD | 18.1% | 72 | $7,573 |
| MALDEN | NA | NA | NA |
| MANCHESTER BY THE SEA | 20.2% | 43 | $10,522 |
| MANSFIELD | 10.7% | 232 | $5,370 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 13.1% | 177 | $7,092 |
| MARION | 12.8% | 187 | $5,726 |
| MARLBOROUGH | NA | NA | $4,540 |
| MARSHFIELD | 13.3% | 173 | $4,608 |
| MASHPEE | 16.9% | 91 | $4,056 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 12.3% | 198 | $5,403 |
| MAYNARD | 24.5% | 12 | $6,096 |
| MEDFIELD | 10.0% | 253 | $8,859 |
| MEDFORD | 14.8% | 132 | $4,308 |
| MEDWAY | 10.5% | 239 | $6,336 |
| MELROSE | 13.3% | 175 | $5,212 |
| MENDON | 14.3% | 142 | $5,260 |
| MERRIMAC | 13.8% | 157 | $4,906 |
| METHUEN | 12.7% | 191 | $3,660 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 13.7% | 160 | $3,845 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 2.5% | 326 | $3,055 |
| MIDDLETON | 14.9% | 131 | $6,471 |
| MILFORD | 12.7% | 189 | $4,455 |
| MILLBURY | 11.9% | 207 | $3,495 |
| MILLIS | 8.7% | 275 | $5,540 |
| MILLVILLE | 10.9% | 231 | $3,809 |
| MILTON | 20.2% | 44 | $7,471 |
| MONROE | 9.5% | 261 | $1,276 |
| MONSON | 8.8% | 271 | $3,347 |
| MONTAGUE | 14.2% | 146 | $3,125 |
| MONTEREY | 11.7% | 209 | $2,972 |
| MONTGOMERY | 12.0% | 204 | $3,606 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 20.0% | 47 | $2,484 |
| NAHANT | 8.7% | 273 | $5,671 |
| NANTUCKET | NA | NA | NA |
| NATICK | 19.0% | 62 | $6,216 |
| NEEDHAM | 21.8% | 28 | $8,416 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 42.4% | 2 | $2,404 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 0.2% | 332 | $2,763 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 13.0% | 180 | $4,069 |
| NEWBURY | 8.7% | 274 | $4,570 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 14.0% | 153 | $5,838 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 16.4% | 99 | $3,391 |
| NEW SALEM | 10.5% | 238 | $3,149 |
| NEWTON | 15.1% | 125 | $9,258 |
| NORFOLK | 17.9% | 74 | $7,186 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 22.3% | 25 | $2,071 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 20.7% | 38 | $4,240 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 11.2% | 224 | $6,559 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 16.0% | 102 | $4,059 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 7.0% | 294 | $6,181 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 5.3% | 307 | $3,234 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 15.5% | 112 | $3,003 |
| NORTHFIELD | 4.6% | 315 | $3,098 |
| NORTH READING | 22.9% | 22 | $7,257 |
| NORTON | 17.6% | 77 | $4,200 |
| NORWELL | 20.3% | 42 | $8,603 |
| NORWOOD | 23.4% | 17 | $4,034 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 9.9% | 255 | $4,329 |
| OAKHAM | 23.9% | 15 | $3,063 |
| ORANGE | 21.5% | 30 | $2,780 |
| ORLEANS | 13.6% | 165 | $4,293 |
| OTIS | NA | NA | NA |
| OXFORD | 12.1% | 200 | $3,182 |
| PALMER | 7.3% | 290 | $2,994 |
| PAXTON | 20.8% | 37 | $5,140 |
| PEABODY | 17.8% | 75 | $3,680 |
| PELHAM | 4.7% | 314 | $6,047 |
| PEMBROKE | 8.5% | 277 | $4,597 |
| PEPPERELL | 17.6% | 80 | $4,190 |
| PERU | 13.7% | 159 | $2,938 |
| PETERSHAM | 15.7% | 110 | $3,801 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 17.5% | 81 | $3,022 |
| PITTSFIELD | 15.0% | 128 | $2,965 |
| PLAINFIELD | 7.4% | 289 | $3,061 |
| PLAINVILLE | 5.4% | 306 | $4,572 |
| PLYMOUTH | 14.1% | 150 | $4,333 |
| PLYMPTON | 7.1% | 292 | $5,219 |
| PRINCETON | 7.9% | 286 | $5,303 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 15.9% | 105 | $5,482 |
| QUINCY | 5.1% | 309 | $4,597 |
| RANDOLPH | 13.0% | 182 | $4,087 |
| RAYNHAM | 9.0% | 270 | $4,291 |
| READING | 10.2% | 244 | $6,458 |
| REHOBOTH | 13.6% | 163 | $3,974 |
| REVERE | 9.9% | 256 | $3,646 |
| RICHMOND | 9.1% | 265 | $4,176 |
| ROCHESTER | 24.8% | 11 | $4,458 |
| ROCKLAND | 38.1% | 3 | $4,382 |
| ROCKPORT | 19.6% | 54 | $5,400 |
| ROWE | 46.9% | 1 | $1,341 |
| ROWLEY | 13.2% | 176 | $5,244 |
| ROYALSTON | 6.8% | 299 | $1,953 |
| RUSSELL | 7.3% | 291 | $3,699 |
| RUTLAND | 17.7% | 76 | $3,926 |
| SALEM | 11.3% | 223 | $4,666 |
| SALISBURY | 14.1% | 151 | $3,551 |
| SANDISFIELD | 18.1% | 71 | $2,950 |
| SANDWICH | 13.1% | 179 | $4,725 |
| SAUGUS | 10.2% | 247 | $3,672 |
| SAVOY | 4.2% | 319 | $2,500 |
| SCITUATE | 16.9% | 90 | $6,056 |
| SEEKONK | 12.5% | 193 | $3,722 |
| SHARON | 9.6% | 260 | $8,583 |
| SHEFFIELD | 11.5% | 217 | $4,133 |
| SHELBURNE | 6.9% | 296 | $3,175 |
| SHERBORN | 11.5% | 213 | $13,883 |
| SHIRLEY | 18.6% | 67 | $4,088 |
| SHREWSBURY | 13.0% | 181 | $4,322 |
| SHUTESBURY | 10.7% | 234 | $5,015 |
| SOMERSET | NA | NA | NA |
| SOMERVILLE | NA | NA | NA |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 17.3% | 83 | $3,912 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 8.8% | 272 | $8,573 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 15.3% | 116 | $3,019 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 10.0% | 251 | $3,501 |
| SOUTHWICK | 14.0% | 154 | $3,711 |
| SPENCER | 15.9% | 106 | $2,607 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 0.6% | 331 | $2,507 |
| STERLING | 3.1% | 321 | $4,635 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 10.5% | 240 | $3,944 |
| STONEHAM | 11.5% | 214 | $4,970 |
| STOUGHTON | 13.1% | 178 | $4,110 |
| STOW | 9.9% | 254 | $7,788 |
| STURBRIDGE | 19.6% | 53 | $4,570 |
| SUDBURY | 10.7% | 233 | $11,205 |
| SUNDERLAND | 6.3% | 302 | $3,704 |
| SUTTON | 20.5% | 41 | $4,845 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 13.4% | 168 | $8,541 |
| SWANSEA | 15.9% | 104 | $3,055 |
| TAUNTON | 23.0% | 21 | $3,124 |
| TEMPLETON | 7.8% | 287 | $2,366 |
| TEWKSBURY | 23.9% | 16 | $4,888 |
| TISBURY | NA | NA | NA |
| TOLLAND | 29.4% | 4 | $1,903 |
| TOPSFIELD | 12.0% | 203 | $8,071 |
| TOWNSEND | 6.8% | 298 | $4,018 |
| TRURO | 13.4% | 169 | $4,338 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 13.9% | 156 | $5,034 |
| TYRINGHAM | 2.0% | 327 | $2,976 |
| UPTON | 19.0% | 61 | $5,809 |
| UXBRIDGE | 20.0% | 48 | $4,474 |
| WAKEFIELD | 18.6% | 65 | $4,935 |
| WALES | 11.0% | 227 | $2,948 |
| WALPOLE | 20.8% | 36 | $6,231 |
| WALTHAM | NA | NA | NA |
| WARE | 12.9% | 186 | $3,097 |
| WAREHAM | 8.0% | 282 | $2,410 |
| WARREN | 2.6% | 324 | $2,982 |
| WARWICK | 4.9% | 310 | $3,011 |
| WASHINGTON | 5.7% | 305 | $2,612 |
| WATERTOWN | NA | NA | NA |
| WAYLAND | -0.7% | 335 | $10,529 |
| WEBSTER | 14.2% | 147 | $2,723 |
| WELLESLEY | 23.1% | 20 | $12,198 |
| WELLFLEET | 16.4% | 98 | $3,614 |
| WENDELL | 8.0% | 283 | $2,889 |
| WENHAM | 5.2% | 308 | $9,353 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 17.5% | 82 | $7,972 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 7.0% | 295 | $4,420 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 14.6% | 134 | $4,490 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 4.4% | 318 | $2,702 |
| WESTFIELD | 17.1% | 85 | $3,924 |
| WESTFORD | 10.6% | 236 | $7,097 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 10.0% | 252 | $4,650 |
| WESTMINSTER | 10.1% | 248 | $4,241 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 15.2% | 121 | $7,156 |
| WESTON | 10.6% | 235 | $16,921 |
| WESTPORT | 14.4% | 139 | $2,799 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 0.7% | 330 | $3,533 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 9.7% | 257 | $4,714 |
| WEST TISBURY | 9.2% | 263 | $5,131 |
| WESTWOOD | 17.2% | 84 | $9,287 |
| WEYMOUTH | 13.5% | 166 | $3,634 |
| WHATELY | 4.4% | 317 | $4,182 |
| WHITMAN | 18.6% | 66 | $4,054 |
| WILBRAHAM | 15.1% | 123 | $5,405 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 12.6% | 192 | $4,422 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 10.2% | 245 | $5,245 |
| WILMINGTON | 17.6% | 79 | $4,756 |
| WINCHENDON | 1.4% | 328 | $2,535 |
| WINCHESTER | 15.2% | 120 | $9,839 |
| WINDSOR | 7.5% | 288 | $2,408 |
| WINTHROP | 27.2% | 7 | $4,629 |
| WOBURN | 4.9% | 311 | $3,553 |
| WORCESTER | 10.4% | 242 | $3,492 |
| WORTHINGTON | -0.1% | 333 | $3,069 |
| WRENTHAM | 10.9% | 230 | $5,573 |
| YARMOUTH | 20.1% | 46 | $3,003 |