Residential Tax Rate (per thousand dollars)
|
Rank |
Town |
Rate |
Population |
|
1 |
Peabody |
9.73
|
48,365 |
|
2 |
Wellesley |
9.86
|
26,809 |
|
3 |
Dover |
10.68
|
5,383 |
|
4 |
Burlington |
10.90
|
23,493 |
|
5 |
Cambridge |
11.05
|
93,707 |
|
6 |
Woburn |
11.12
|
36,628 |
|
7 |
ManchesterbytheSea |
11.40
|
5,357 |
|
8 |
Marblehead |
11.60
|
19,973 |
|
9 |
Avon |
11.64
|
4,611 |
|
10 |
Weston |
11.73
|
10,448 |
|
11 |
Saugus |
11.81
|
26,223 |
|
12 |
Lincoln |
11.89
|
7,899 |
|
13 |
Concord |
11.90
|
17,792 |
|
14 |
Bedford |
11.97
|
13,676 |
|
15 |
Lakeville |
12.48
|
8,596 |
|
16 |
Newton |
12.65
|
80,238 |
|
17 |
Waltham |
12.74
|
57,214 |
|
18 |
Lynnfield |
12.70
|
11,232 |
|
19 |
Lexington |
12.79
|
29,484 |
|
20 |
Needham |
12.88
|
27,828 |
|
21 |
Everett |
12.82
|
35,006 |
|
22 |
Raynham |
12.90
|
10,513 |
|
23 |
Braintree |
13.34
|
34,708 |
|
24 |
West_Newbury |
13.47
|
3,871 |
|
25 |
Shrewsbury |
13.45
|
26,771 |
|
26 |
Boston |
13.44
|
558,394 |
|
27 |
Wilmington |
13.58
|
19,874 |
|
28 |
Norwood |
13.69
|
28,899 |
|
29 |
Nahant |
13.67
|
3,782 |
|
30 |
Canton |
13.63
|
20,314 |
|
31 |
Belmont |
13.76
|
24,044 |
|
32 |
Somerville |
13.97
|
74,356 |
|
33 |
Franklin |
13.92
|
26,664 |
|
34 |
Wakefield |
14.01
|
24,756 |
|
35 |
North_Andover |
14.01
|
24,283 |
|
36 |
Newbury |
14.00
|
5,985 |
|
37 |
Dedham |
14.05
|
23,741 |
|
38 |
Essex |
14.10
|
3,368 |
|
39 |
Watertown |
14.21
|
32,490 |
|
40 |
Ipswich |
14.29
|
12,352 |
|
41 |
Rowley |
14.32
|
5,196 |
|
42 |
Hudson |
14.33
|
17,695 |
|
43 |
Winthrop |
14.47
|
17,305 |
|
44 |
Middleton |
14.48
|
5,624 |
|
45 |
Hopkinton |
14.59
|
10,805 |
|
46 |
Winchester |
14.64
|
20,318 |
|
47 |
Tewksbury |
14.61
|
28,644 |
|
48 |
Pembroke |
14.60
|
16,010 |
|
49 |
Berlin |
14.65
|
2,332 |
|
50 |
Westwood |
14.75
|
12,935 |
|
51 |
Hingham |
14.74
|
20,265 |
|
52 |
Walpole |
14.82
|
22,251 |
|
53 |
Southborough |
14.84
|
7,388 |
|
54 |
Merrimac |
14.86
|
5,670 |
|
55 |
Littleton |
14.89
|
7,695 |
|
56 |
Groveland |
14.83
|
5,610 |
|
57 |
Cohasset |
14.95
|
7,070 |
|
58 |
Wenham |
15.05
|
4,423 |
|
59 |
Gloucester |
15.09
|
29,267 |
|
60 |
Georgetown |
15.03
|
7,054 |
|
61 |
Boxford |
15.04
|
8,550 |
|
62 |
Salisbury |
15.14
|
7,093 |
|
63 |
Salem |
15.17
|
38,008 |
|
64 |
Natick |
15.11
|
31,310 |
|
65 |
Marshfield |
15.16
|
22,911 |
|
66 |
Billerica |
15.11
|
38,861 |
|
67 |
Andover |
15.17
|
30,891 |
|
68 |
Weymouth |
15.26
|
54,847 |
|
69 |
Topsfield |
15.26
|
6,098 |
|
70 |
Quincy |
15.24
|
85,532 |
|
71 |
Beverly |
15.22
|
38,596 |
|
72 |
Wrentham |
15.35
|
10,049 |
|
73 |
Chelsea |
15.39
|
27,608 |
|
74 |
Bridgewater |
15.34
|
23,692 |
|
75 |
Westford |
15.40
|
18,642 |
|
76 |
West_Bridgewater |
15.43
|
6,647 |
|
77 |
Swampscott |
15.47
|
13,676 |
|
78 |
North_Reading |
15.42
|
12,919 |
|
79 |
Medford |
15.49
|
56,190 |
|
80 |
Norwell |
15.52
|
9,652 |
|
81 |
Danvers |
15.55
|
24,467 |
|
82 |
Westborough |
15.62
|
15,005 |
|
83 |
Sherborn |
15.68
|
4,107 |
|
84 |
Foxborough |
15.65
|
16,011 |
|
85 |
Carlisle |
15.62
|
4,599 |
|
86 |
Rockport |
15.73
|
7,580 |
|
87 |
Melrose |
15.72
|
27,426 |
|
88 |
Scituate |
15.87
|
17,242 |
|
89 |
Reading |
15.89
|
22,956 |
|
90 |
Norton |
15.80
|
15,659 |
|
91 |
Hamilton |
15.95
|
7,487 |
|
92 |
Halifax |
16.00
|
6,844 |
|
93 |
Medfield |
16.14
|
11,467 |
|
94 |
Northborough |
16.21
|
12,801 |
|
95 |
Duxbury |
16.25
|
15,007 |
|
96 |
Sudbury |
16.30
|
15,130 |
|
97 |
Randolph |
16.36
|
30,554 |
|
98 |
Newburyport |
16.37
|
16,558 |
|
99 |
Stoughton |
16.46
|
27,481 |
|
100 |
Mansfield |
16.41
|
18,806 |
|
101 |
Milford |
16.56
|
25,194 |
|
102 |
Marlborough |
16.59
|
32,974 |
|
103 |
Haverhill |
16.54
|
53,952 |
|
104 |
Methuen |
16.79
|
41,029 |
|
105 |
Malden |
16.85
|
52,749 |
|
106 |
Easton |
16.84
|
20,970 |
|
107 |
Stoneham |
16.95
|
22,131 |
|
108 |
Plympton |
16.91
|
2,614 |
|
109 |
Kingston |
16.94
|
10,447 |
|
110 |
Dracut |
16.99
|
27,769 |
|
111 |
Brookline |
16.91
|
54,137 |
|
112 |
Holliston |
17.08
|
13,381 |
|
113 |
Revere |
17.17
|
41,761 |
|
114 |
Bolton |
17.11
|
3,279 |
|
115 |
Arlington |
17.17
|
43,656 |
|
116 |
Hanson |
17.37
|
9,512 |
|
117 |
Hanover |
17.35
|
12,891 |
|
118 |
Middleborough |
17.46
|
19,200 |
|
119 |
Amesbury |
17.45
|
15,784 |
|
120 |
Norfolk |
17.58
|
10,389 |
|
121 |
Millis |
17.50
|
7,965 |
|
122 |
East_Bridgewater |
17.51
|
12,133 |
|
123 |
Boxborough |
17.66
|
3,979 |
|
124 |
Rockland |
17.77
|
17,236 |
|
125 |
Framingham |
17.82
|
64,536 |
|
126 |
Chelmsford |
18.11
|
33,484 |
|
127 |
Abington |
18.13
|
14,683 |
|
128 |
Wayland |
18.21
|
12,041 |
|
129 |
Milton |
18.31
|
25,794 |
|
130 |
Ashland |
18.32
|
12,940 |
|
131 |
Medway |
18.47
|
11,391 |
|
132 |
Lowell |
18.41
|
100,973 |
|
133 |
Maynard |
18.55
|
10,412 |
|
134 |
Acton |
18.52
|
18,851 |
|
135 |
Stow |
18.70
|
5,731 |
|
136 |
Hull |
19.03
|
10,472 |
|
137 |
Carver |
19.09
|
11,289 |
|
138 |
Holbrook |
19.39
|
11,092 |
|
139 |
Lawrence |
19.62
|
68,807 |
|
140 |
Lynn |
19.84
|
80,563 |
|
141 |
Whitman |
20.24
|
13,743 |
|
142 |
Sharon |
20.33
|
16,684 |
|
143 |
Plymouth |
20.32
|
48,329 |
|
144 |
Brockton |
20.82
|
92,324 |
|
