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1998 Average Family Tax Bill

Rank	Town	Bill	Population
1	Everett	$ 1,536	35,006
2	Lawrence	$ 1,547	68,807
3	Avon	$ 1,668	4,611
4	Peabody	$ 1,724	48,365
5	Woburn	$ 1,823	36,628
6	Lakeville	$ 1,825	8,596
7	Brockton	$ 1,856	92,324
8	Salisbury	$ 1,952	7,093
9	Lynn	$ 1,958	80,563
10	Lowell	$ 1,993	100,973
11	Saugus	$ 2,006	26,223
12	Raynham	$ 2,058	10,513
13	Methuen	$ 2,105	41,029
14	Burlington	$ 2,108	23,493
15	Winthrop	$ 2,128	17,305
16	Randolph	$ 2,131	30,554
17	Braintree	$ 2,139	34,708
18	Middleborough	$ 2,166	19,200
19	Malden	$ 2,186	52,749
20	Hudson	$ 2,211	17,695
21	Haverhill	$ 2,211	53,952
22	Wilmington	$ 2,213	19,874
23	Halifax	$ 2,217	6,844
24	Revere	$ 2,219	41,761
25	Holbrook	$ 2,223	11,092
26	Plymouth	$ 2,227	48,329
27	Norton	$ 2,230	15,659
28	Carver	$ 2,233	11,289
29	Shrewsbury	$ 2,267	26,771
30	Weymouth	$ 2,271	54,847
31	West_Bridgewater	$ 2,271	6,647
32	Quincy	$ 2,271	85,532
33	Dracut	$ 2,272	27,769
34	Salem	$ 2,299	38,008
35	Norwood	$ 2,335	28,899
36	Billerica	$ 2,349	38,861
37	Rockland	$ 2,357	17,236
38	Merrimac	$ 2,365	5,670
39	Tewksbury	$ 2,401	28,644
40	Bridgewater	$ 2,420	23,692
41	Milford	$ 2,449	25,194
42	Pembroke	$ 2,474	16,010
43	Hanson	$ 2,511	9,512
44	Stoughton	$ 2,523	27,481
45	Whitman	$ 2,536	13,743
46	East_Bridgewater	$ 2,544	12,133
47	Groveland	$ 2,554	5,610
48	Kingston	$ 2,585	10,447
49	Medford	$ 2,586	56,190
50	Marshfield	$ 2,613	22,911
51	Newbury	$ 2,644	5,985
52	Dedham	$ 2,660	23,741
53	Hull	$ 2,667	10,472
54	Amesbury	$ 2,692	15,784
55	Berlin	$ 2,698	2,332
56	Franklin	$ 2,715	26,664
57	Abington	$ 2,750	14,683
58	Wakefield	$ 2,759	24,756
59	Littleton	$ 2,759	7,695
60	Essex	$ 2,832	3,368
61	Maynard	$ 2,835	10,412
62	Foxborough	$ 2,895	16,011
63	Georgetown	$ 2,896	7,054
64	Danvers	$ 2,899	24,467
65	Rowley	$ 2,905	5,196
66	Plympton	$ 2,909	2,614
67	Newburyport	$ 2,966	16,558
68	Wrentham	$ 2,970	10,049
69	Ipswich	$ 2,990	12,352
70	Gloucester	$ 3,011	29,267
71	Canton	$ 3,019	20,314
72	Stoneham	$ 3,035	22,131
73	Walpole	$ 3,041	22,251
74	Framingham	$ 3,045	64,536
75	Melrose	$ 3,103	27,426
76	Scituate	$ 3,112	17,242
77	Millis	$ 3,129	7,965
78	Middleton	$ 3,151	5,624
79	Natick	$ 3,152	31,310
80	Easton	$ 3,170	20,970
81	Mansfield	$ 3,185	18,806
82	Beverly	$ 3,205	38,596
83	Northborough	$ 3,263	12,801
84	Chelmsford	$ 3,268	33,484
85	Nahant	$ 3,283	3,782
86	Medway	$ 3,304	11,391
87	Holliston	$ 3,321	13,381
88	Ashland	$ 3,371	12,940
89	Rockport	$ 3,391	7,580
90	North_Andover	$ 3,465	24,283
91	North_Reading	$ 3,476	12,919
92	Westborough	$ 3,507	15,005
93	Bedford	$ 3,521	13,676
94	Reading	$ 3,550	22,956
95	Hanover	$ 3,599	12,891
96	Lynnfield	$ 3,603	11,232
97	West_Newbury	$ 3,623	3,871
98	Westford	$ 3,635	18,642
99	Arlington	$ 3,645	43,656
100	Marblehead	$ 3,671	19,973
101	Norfolk	$ 3,729	10,389
102	Hopkinton	$ 3,794	10,805
103	Hamilton	$ 3,845	7,487
104	Milton	$ 3,853	25,794
105	Needham	$ 3,924	27,828
106	Southborough	$ 4,045	7,388
107	Westwood	$ 4,123	12,935
108	Hingham	$ 4,143	20,265
109	Swampscott	$ 4,161	13,676
110	Stow	$ 4,234	5,731
111	Norwell	$ 4,277	9,652
112	Bolton	$ 4,283	3,279
113	Topsfield	$ 4,302	6,098
114	Sharon	$ 4,311	16,684
115	Andover	$ 4,321	30,891
116	Duxbury	$ 4,386	15,007
117	Wenham	$ 4,464	4,423
118	Medfield	$ 4,591	11,467
119	Lexington	$ 4,604	29,484
120	Boxford	$ 4,841	8,550
121	Wellesley	$ 4,866	26,809
122	Acton	$ 4,950	18,851
123	Winchester	$ 4,976	20,318
124	Boxborough	$ 5,017	3,979
125	Newton	$ 5,054	80,238
126	Cohasset	$ 5,100	7,070
127	Belmont	$ 5,234	24,044
128	ManchesterbytheSea	$ 5,316	5,357
129	Sudbury	$ 5,459	15,130
130	Concord	$ 5,513	17,792
131	Dover	$ 5,705	5,383
132	Wayland	$ 5,800	12,041
133	Carlisle	$ 6,034	4,599
134	Sherborn	$ 6,587	4,107
135	Lincoln	$ 7,127	7,899
136	Weston	$ 7,753	10,448
137	Watertown	N/A	32,490
138	Waltham	N/A	57,214
139	Somerville	N/A	74,356
140	Marlborough	N/A	32,974
141	Chelsea	N/A	27,608
142	Cambridge	N/A	93,707
143	Brookline	N/A	54,137
144	Boston	N/A	558,394


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