This list is now outdated.  The updated tax rates can be reached by clicking here.

 

Here's an updated to the latest tax rates for communities and towns in Massachusetts. This version is sorted by Residential Tax Rates, from highest to lowest. (Need basic information for how tax rates work? Try here).

 

Some notes:

 

  • The vast majority of the tax rates are approved by the state by January 1st.  I'll repost, with the rates alphabetical by town, in January to see the updated rates.
  • Looking for tax friendly towns?  Many of the towns on Cape Cod - with their large numbers of vacation housing - have surprisingly low rates.
  • The midpoint this year for tax rates is $14.2 for every thousand.
  • If your rate is between  12.6  and  15.6, I would say you are in the "typical" range of tax rates.  About 55% of all the towns are in that range.
  • Worried about a town's tax rate?  Falling commercial property values in some tax friendly towns have pushed up residential tax rates.  It's worth researching a community to see if historically their tax rate is "friendly" - when the commercial property values bounce back, the rates will lower on the residential properties. Westborough - near the top of the chart at 19+, is one town where I expect the rates to decline substantially in the coming years.
  • Looking for more?  Try here.

 

 

 

Community Name

Residential Tax Rate

Commercial Tax Rate

Industrial Tax Rate

Date Tax Rate Approved

Sharon

20.11

20.11

20.11

12/20/11

Heath

19.84

19.84

19.84

12/19/11

Springfield

19.83

39.99

39.99

12/19/11

Bolton

19.78

19.78

19.78

12/13/11

Amherst

19.74

19.74

19.74

12/09/11

Longmeadow

19.68

19.68

19.68

12/13/11

Pelham

19.64

19.64

19.64

12/08/11

Shutesbury

19.56

19.56

19.56

12/09/11

Westborough

19.21

19.21

19.21

12/06/11

Amesbury

19.13

19.13

19.13

12/14/11

Greenfield

19.01

19.01

19.01

11/28/11

Wayland

19.01

19.01

19.01

12/13/11

Chester

18.96

18.96

18.96

12/06/11

Wendell

18.94

18.94

18.94

02/08/12

Longmeadow

18.85

18.85

18.85

10/11/11

Acton

18.55

18.55

18.55

12/22/11

Maynard

18.45

27.17

27.17

12/16/11

Russell

18.40

18.40

18.40

12/19/11

Ashburnham

18.34

18.34

18.34

12/21/11

Holliston

18.32

18.32

18.32

12/13/11

Sherborn

18.22

18.22

18.22

09/06/11

Holbrook

18.21

35.13

35.13

12/12/11

Paxton

18.16

18.16

18.16

10/28/11

Wilbraham

18.05

18.05

18.05

12/01/11

Swampscott

17.99

33.41

33.41

12/02/11

Lancaster

17.94

17.94

17.94

12/15/11

Stow

17.90

17.90

17.90

11/18/11

Wenham

17.89

17.89

17.89

12/21/11

Boxborough

17.87

17.87

17.87

11/22/11

Southbridge

17.83

17.83

17.83

12/09/11

Leverett

17.77

17.77

17.77

12/12/11

Orange

17.69

17.69

17.69

12/01/11

Sturbridge

17.63

17.63

17.63

09/21/11

Fitchburg

17.62

23.32

23.32

10/18/11

Sudbury

17.60

22.95

22.95

12/06/11

Chelmsford

17.49

17.49

17.49

11/28/11

Medway

17.48

17.48

17.48

11/29/11

Plainfield

17.48

17.48

17.48

05/03/12

Dalton

17.41

17.41

17.41

11/29/11

Hamilton

17.32

17.32

17.32

12/02/11

Adams

17.26

20.47

20.47

09/19/11

West Springfield

17.25

35.64

35.64

12/15/11

Westminster

17.24

17.24

17.24

11/30/11

Carlisle

17.14

17.14

17.14

10/28/11

Lanesborough

17.08

17.08

17.08

12/20/11

Hopkinton

17.05

17.05

17.05

12/07/11

Boylston

17.02

17.02

17.02

11/30/11

Ludlow

16.98

16.98

16.98

12/23/11

Worcester

16.98

29.07

29.07

05/24/12

Townsend

16.96

16.96

16.96

12/08/11

Framingham

16.94

38.05

38.05

12/21/11

Blackstone

16.92

16.92

16.92

12/15/11

Hampden

16.87

16.87

16.87

12/21/11

Holyoke

16.85

38.53

38.53

12/27/11

Princeton

16.84

16.84

16.84

12/20/11

Lunenburg

16.83

16.83

16.83

12/09/11

West Boylston

16.81

16.81

16.81

12/02/11

Halifax

16.80

16.80

16.80

09/14/11

Leominster

16.72

16.72

16.72

11/30/11

Leyden

16.68

16.68

16.68

12/16/11

Gardner

16.67

16.67

16.67

12/28/11

Ashland

16.57

16.57

16.57

12/14/11

Belchertown

16.56

16.56

16.56

11/30/11

Savoy

16.54

16.54

16.54

12/14/11

Holden

16.53

16.53

16.53

11/18/11

Norfolk

16.47

16.47

16.47

12/15/11

Brookfield

16.45

16.45

16.45

12/20/11

Warwick

16.43

16.43

16.43

12/16/11

Ashby

16.42

16.42

16.42

12/14/11

Westhampton

16.40

16.40

16.40

11/28/11

Hawley

16.30

16.30

0.00

12/15/11

Lynn

16.28

32.82

32.82

12/16/11

Plympton

16.25

16.25

16.25

09/21/11

Harvard

16.24

16.24

16.24

12/20/11

Warren

16.23

16.23

16.23

12/01/11

Milford

16.17

27.84

27.84

11/18/11

Southborough

16.14

16.14

16.14

11/03/11

Brockton

16.14

29.96

29.96

12/14/11

Westfield

16.13

30.36

30.36

12/06/11

Colrain

16.12

16.12

16.12

09/21/11

Charlemont

16.11

16.11

16.11

12/07/11

Pittsfield

16.11

32.85

32.85

12/16/11

Bernardston

16.08

16.08

16.08

10/28/11

Groton

16.08

16.08

16.08

11/22/11

Littleton

16.08

25.74

25.74

12/09/11

Auburn

16.05

23.93

23.93

12/01/11

Randolph

16.03

29.12

29.12

12/27/11

Montague

15.97

23.90

23.90

11/16/11

Chesterfield

15.97

15.97

15.97

12/23/11

New Braintree

15.96

15.96

15.96

12/15/11

Wales

15.95

15.95

15.95

11/18/11

Ware

15.89

15.89

15.89

12/06/11

Granby

15.87

15.87

15.87

12/09/11

Whately"

15.85

15.85

15.85

12/02/11

Rockland"

15.81

15.81

15.81

12/08/11

Middlefield"

15.78

15.78

15.78

12/02/11

Medfield"

15.73

15.73

15.73

12/06/11

Sterling"

15.65

15.65

15.65

12/20/11

East Bridgewater"

15.63

15.63

15.63

11/10/11

Salem"

15.63

29.81

29.81

12/19/11

Palmer"

15.61

15.61

15.61

12/06/11

Westford"

15.55

15.79

15.79

11/15/11

Everett"

15.52

41.66

41.66

12/12/11

Petersham"

15.51

15.51

15.51

10/28/11

Hudson"

15.51

29.55

29.55

12/09/11

Williamsburg"

15.49

15.49

15.49

11/28/11

Millis"

15.49

15.49

15.49

12/07/11

Northborough"

15.49

15.49

15.49

12/20/11

Carver"

15.47

21.43

21.43

12/14/11

Topsfield"

15.45

15.45

15.45

12/05/11

Dedham"

15.43

32.20

32.20

12/06/11

Millbury"

15.42

15.42

15.42

12/07/11

Peru"

15.40

15.40

15.40

09/22/11

Athol"

15.38

15.38

15.38

12/13/11

Abington"

15.36

15.36

15.36

11/23/11

West Bridgewater"

15.36

24.65

24.65

12/07/11

Kingston"

15.33

15.33

15.33

11/08/11

Rutland"

15.30

15.30

15.30

12/14/11

Tyngsborough"

15.29

15.29

15.29

12/06/11

Clinton"

15.28

29.77

29.77

12/15/11

Merrimac"

15.24

15.24

15.24

11/21/11

Bedford"

15.21

33.21

33.21

12/13/11

Holland"

15.18

15.18

15.18

10/18/11

Huntington"

15.12

15.12

15.12

11/07/11

Winchendon"

15.11

15.11

15.11

12/15/11

Bridgewater"

15.11

15.11

15.11

12/15/11

Uxbridge"

15.10

15.10

15.10

12/01/11

Revere"

15.07

30.47

30.47

12/01/11

Devens"

15.04

17.12

17.12

06/28/12

Upton"

15.03

15.03

15.03

11/28/11

Hanover"

15.00

15.74

15.74

11/17/11

Shirley"

14.98

14.98

14.98

12/07/11

Lexington"

14.97

28.45

28.45

12/12/11

Monson"

14.96

14.96

14.96

11/28/11

Easton"

14.95

14.95

14.95

12/13/11

Chicopee"

14.93

30.83

30.83

10/28/11

Tewksbury"

14.93

25.05

25.05

12/15/11

Dunstable"

14.88

14.88

14.88

12/07/11

Hopedale"

14.86

23.86

23.86

12/06/11

West Newbury"

14.83

14.83

14.83

12/13/11

North Adams"

14.82

32.83

32.83

12/09/11

Marlborough"

14.80

29.04

29.04

12/13/11

Lowell"

14.77

30.89

30.89

12/20/11

Haverhill"

14.76

24.68

24.68

12/16/11

South Hadley"

14.73

14.73

14.73

12/14/11

Ashfield"

14.69

14.69

14.69

12/15/11

Whitman"

14.62

14.62

14.62

12/01/11

Phillipston"

14.62

14.62

14.62

12/09/11

Buckland"

14.60

14.60

14.60

10/28/11

Templeton"

14.60

14.60

14.60

11/30/11

Gill"

14.55

14.55

14.55

12/22/11

Sutton"

14.53

14.53

14.53

11/29/11

Stoughton"

14.50

25.24

25.24

10/12/11

Winthrop"

14.49

14.49

14.49

12/28/11

Westwood"

14.48

26.55

26.55

12/05/11

Brimfield"

14.48

14.48

14.48

12/16/11

Berlin"

14.47

17.47

17.47

09/21/11

Wrentham"

14.43

17.06

17.06

12/07/11

Mendon"

14.42

14.42

14.42

11/22/11

Barre"

14.42

14.42

14.42

11/28/11

Watertown"

14.40

26.64

26.64

11/30/11

Agawam"

14.40

28.46

28.46

12/08/11

Essex"

14.39

14.39

14.39

12/15/11

Montgomery"

14.39

14.39

14.39

12/23/11

North Reading"

14.38

14.38

14.38

11/29/11

Milton"

14.35

21.99

21.99

12/02/11

Malden"

14.33

24.84

24.84

12/15/11

Mansfield"

14.29

18.50

18.50

12/02/11

Lawrence"

14.29

31.81

31.81

12/20/11

Lynnfield"

14.26

15.56

15.56

12/06/11

Raynham"

14.24

19.85

19.85

12/02/11

Norwell"

14.24

14.24

14.24

12/15/11

Southwick"

14.23

14.23

14.23

10/28/11

East Brookfield"

14.22

14.22

14.22

10/05/11

Conway"

14.21

14.21

14.21

10/19/11

Douglas"

14.18

14.18

14.18

11/22/11

Reading"

14.15

14.15

14.15

11/21/11

Andover"

14.15

23.54

23.54

12/13/11

Walpole"

14.14

18.40

18.40

12/09/11

Grafton"

14.13

14.13

14.13

11/18/11

Northfield"

14.10

14.10

14.10

12/01/11

Boxford"

14.09

14.09

14.09

12/16/11

Bellingham"

14.05

16.08

16.08

12/16/11

Southampton"

14.01

14.01

14.01

12/27/11

Plainville"

13.99

13.99

13.99

12/08/11

Williamstown"

13.98

13.98

13.98

09/27/11

Danvers"

13.93

19.38

19.38

11/21/11

Rowley"

13.92

13.92

13.92

12/13/11

North Andover"

13.92

19.16

19.16

12/14/11

Billerica"

13.92

31.93

31.93

12/15/11

Natick"

13.91

13.91

13.91

11/29/11

Pembroke"

13.91

13.91

13.91

12/06/11

Oxford"

13.89

13.89

13.89

04/03/12

Blandford"

13.88

13.88

13.88

12/21/11

Plymouth"

13.84

13.84

13.84

03/15/12

Lincoln"

13.81

18.17

18.17

09/14/11

Chelsea"

13.81

32.92

32.92

12/13/11

Duxbury"

13.79

13.79

13.79

11/30/11

New Bedford"

13.76

28.44

28.44

12/19/11

Quincy"

13.75

28.66

28.66

12/22/11

Middleborough"

13.74

14.61

14.61

11/07/11

Franklin"

13.73

13.73

13.73

12/01/11

Foxborough"

13.73

14.86

14.86

12/07/11

Worthington"

13.69

13.69

13.69

12/13/11

Lee"

13.67

13.67

13.67

11/03/11

Dighton"

13.67

26.06

26.06

12/22/11

Arlington"

13.66

13.66

13.66

12/15/11

Pepperell"

13.59

13.59

13.59

12/08/11

Concord"

13.58

13.58

13.58

11/30/11

Avon"

13.58

28.82

28.82

12/19/11

Norton"

13.54

13.54

13.54

12/08/11

North Brookfield"

13.50

13.50

13.50

11/21/11

Goshen"

13.47

13.47

13.47

11/30/11

New Salem"

13.40

16.02

16.02

01/24/12

Waltham"

13.35

31.27

31.27

12/02/11

Belmont"

13.35

13.35

13.35

12/07/11

Northampton"

13.35

13.35

13.35

12/16/11

Hardwick"

13.32

13.32

13.32

12/16/11

Easthampton"

13.27

13.27

13.27

11/09/11

Leicester"

13.18

13.18

13.18

12/07/11

Millville"

13.17

13.17

13.17

12/07/11

Great Barrington"

13.12

13.12

13.12

08/23/11

Washington"

13.11

13.11

13.11

03/02/12

Ayer"

13.10

27.20

27.20

12/14/11

Georgetown"

13.09

13.09

13.09

11/29/11

Somerville"

13.09

21.85

21.85

12/06/11

Hull"

13.06

13.06

0.00

12/07/11

Boston"

13.04

31.92

31.92

12/12/11

Methuen"

13.04

23.04

23.04

12/23/11

Groveland"

12.98

12.98

12.98

12/12/11

Sunderland"

12.97

12.97

12.97

12/06/11

Beverly"

12.97

23.59

23.59

12/22/11

Dracut"

12.93

12.93

12.93

12/01/11

South Shore Tri-Town"

12.89

23.89

0.00

02/28/12

Attleboro"

12.88

20.30

20.30

12/09/11

Sheffield"

12.84

12.84

12.84

12/02/11

Deerfield"

12.82

12.82

12.82

11/15/11

Middleton"

12.81

12.81

12.81

12/14/11

Northbridge"

12.81

12.81

12.81

12/21/11

Rochester"

12.80

12.80

12.80

10/27/11

Newburyport"

12.80

12.80

12.80

12/09/11

Shelburne"

12.78

12.78

12.78

11/01/11

Ipswich"

12.77

12.77

12.77

12/09/11

Melrose"

12.76

19.47

19.47

11/30/11

Sandwich"

12.74

12.74

12.74

12/16/11

Hanson"

12.73

12.73

12.73

09/19/11

Hubbardston"

12.70

12.70

12.70

12/06/11

Somerset"

12.69

24.20

24.20

12/21/11

Stoneham"

12.61

20.25

20.25

12/06/11

Winchester"

12.55

11.77

11.77

12/07/11

Taunton"

12.47

27.62

27.62

11/23/11

Acushnet"

12.47

15.23

15.23

12/15/11

Scituate"

12.34

12.34

12.34

12/08/11

Spencer"

12.28

12.28

12.28

11/22/11

Hinsdale"

12.26

12.26

12.26

10/25/11

North Attleborough"

12.23

12.70

12.70

12/06/11

Seekonk"

12.19

24.47

24.47

12/16/11

Gloucester"

12.18

13.01

13.01

12/01/11

Monroe"

12.15

28.88

28.88

02/06/12

Wilmington"

12.14

28.64

28.64

12/02/11

Weymouth"

12.14

20.13

20.13

12/07/11

Freetown"

12.12

19.50

19.50

12/06/11

Weston"

12.11

12.11

12.11

12/16/11

Medford"

12.03

23.72

23.72

12/21/11

Granville"

12.02

12.02

12.02

10/24/11

Charlton"

12.00

12.00

12.00

12/08/11

Cohasset"

11.98

11.98

11.98

12/22/11

Dover"

11.92

11.92

11.92

12/12/11

Canton"

11.91

24.23

24.23

11/14/11

Wakefield"

11.90

24.18

24.18

11/22/11

Hingham"

11.89

11.89

11.89

12/21/11

Mattapoisett"

11.85

11.85

11.85

12/21/11

Lakeville"

11.85

11.85

11.85

12/22/11

Peabody"

11.82

23.43

23.43

11/22/11

Webster"

11.78

18.47

18.47

12/23/11

Marshfield"

11.76

11.76

11.76

12/16/11

West Brookfield"

11.63

11.63

11.63

12/15/11

Windsor"

11.62

11.62

11.62

05/01/12

Berkley"

11.60

11.60

11.60

12/15/11

Burlington"

11.55

30.95

30.95

11/30/11

Clarksburg"

11.53

11.53

11.53

12/22/11

Wellesley"

11.48

11.48

11.48

12/21/11

Brookline"

11.40

18.58

18.58

12/13/11

Oakham"

11.34

11.34

11.34

12/02/11

Swansea"

11.27

22.76

22.76

12/19/11

Newton"

11.17

21.32

21.32

11/23/11

Lenox"

11.17

14.79

14.79

12/12/11

West Stockbridge"

11.12

11.12

11.12

05/14/12

Shrewsbury"

11.11

11.11

11.11

11/30/11

Cummington"

11.09

11.09

11.09

11/18/11

Newbury"

11.07

11.07

11.07

12/08/11

Saugus"

11.04

24.16

24.16

11/23/11

Fall River"

10.98

23.54

23.54

12/23/11

Rehoboth"

10.97

10.97

10.97

12/05/11

Salisbury"

10.97

10.97

10.97

12/20/11

Needham"

10.95

21.50

21.50

12/22/11

Dudley"

10.90

10.90

10.90

11/22/11

Hatfield"

10.73

10.73

10.73

11/18/11

Norwood"

10.58

20.29

20.29

12/16/11

Nahant"

10.55

10.55

10.55

09/23/11

Marblehead"

10.52

10.52

10.52

12/06/11

Braintree"

10.45

23.65

23.65

12/13/11

Woburn"

10.40

26.83

26.83

12/14/11

Fairhaven"

10.27

20.63

20.63

12/14/11

Hadley"

10.22

10.22

10.22

11/21/11

Manchester By The Sea"

10.11

10.11

10.11

11/30/11

Sandisfield"

10.10

10.10

10.10

10/04/11

Rockport"

10.05

10.05

10.05

11/18/11

Marion"

9.71

9.71

9.71

12/12/11

Richmond"

9.70

9.70

9.70

12/02/11

Cheshire"

9.60

9.60

9.60

10/19/11

Becket"

9.51

9.51

9.51

12/08/11

Royalston"

9.46

9.46

9.46

03/26/12

Wareham"

9.37

9.37

9.37

12/28/11

Yarmouth"

9.33

9.33

9.33

10/24/11

Bourne"

9.12

9.12

9.12

12/02/11

Dartmouth"

8.87

13.53

13.53

11/30/11

New Ashford"

8.84

12.53

12.53

05/01/12

New Marlborough"

8.77

8.77

8.77

12/13/11

Mashpee"

8.51

8.51

8.51

12/07/11

Cambridge"

8.48

20.76

20.76

09/27/11

Barnstable"

8.42

7.59

7.59

11/29/11

Florida"

8.25

22.97

22.97

12/23/11

Harwich"

8.12

8.12

8.12

11/28/11

Tisbury"

8.01

7.44

7.44

03/30/12

Egremont"

7.86

7.86

7.86

12/20/11

Falmouth"

7.78

7.78

7.78

11/30/11

Stockbridge"

7.63

7.63

7.63

03/28/12

Erving"

7.51

12.99

12.99

09/21/11

Brewster"

7.44

7.44

7.44

09/23/11

Oak Bluffs"

7.39

7.39

7.39

12/23/11

Provincetown"

7.20

7.20

7.20

12/07/11

Westport"

7.05

7.05

7.05

12/15/11

Otis"

6.78

6.78

6.78

11/29/11

Eastham"

6.35

6.35

6.35

09/09/11

Wellfleet"

6.12

6.12

6.12

09/29/11

Tolland"

6.00

6.00

6.00

10/05/11

Tyringham"

6.00

6.00

0.00

12/13/11

Truro"

5.97

5.97

5.97

09/13/11

Orleans"

5.91

5.91

5.91

11/01/11

Dennis"

5.88

5.88

5.88

11/30/11

Mount Washington"

5.65

5.65

5.65

11/08/11

Monterey"

5.27

5.27

5.27

01/23/12

Rowe"

5.16

11.19

11.19

01/06/12

West Tisbury"

4.92

4.92

4.92

04/23/12

Chatham"

4.45

4.45

4.45

10/31/11

Alford"

4.40

4.40

4.40

09/29/11

Aquinnah"

3.93

3.93

0.00

06/08/12

Nantucket"

3.62

6.47

6.47

10/04/11

Edgartown"

3.43

3.43

3.43

05/24/12

Hancock"

3.26

3.26

3.26

12/22/11

Gosnold"

2.21

2.21

2.21

06/21/12

Chilmark"

2.08

2.08

2.08

06/06/12