City and Town Taxes

The "Average FY04 tax bill" for each town in Massachusetts is listed in the September issue of "City and Town". "City and Town" is a publication of the Department of Revenue's Division of Local Services. The tax chart provided in the publication also compares "average property value" for the past two years and lists the percentage change. According to "City and Town" the average tax bill in the Middlesex North District towns were as follows: Billerica-$3,162; Carlisle-$9,016; Chelmsford-4,212; Dracut-$2,752; Dunstable-$4,675; Lowell-$2,216; Tewksbury-$3,143; Tyngsborough-$3,911; Westford-$5,396; Wilmington-$3,108.
I know what you are wondering. Well here it is...the top five towns in Massachusetts with the highest "average tax bill" (according to City and Town) are Weston-$11,238, Sherborn-$9,591, Lincoln-$9,394, Carlisle $9016 and Dover-$8,412.
There are three towns in Massachusetts that "City and Town" lists with average property value over $1 million: Chilmark $1,524,515; Weston $1,162,135; Lincoln $1,022,243. Chilmark? It is a small town on the Island of Martha's Vineyard with a year round population of 931. This swells to 6,000 in the summer time.