2020 Residential Property Tax Rates Decrease for Quincy, Ma Homeowners

Rates for residential property owners in Quincy and across Massachusetts for 2020 decreased on average for 2020. The median rate for the 344 communities as of Jan. 7 is $15.27 per $1,000 in assessed value, according to the latest data on the Department of Revenue's Division of Local Services. These rates are down from 2019 which was reported at $15.48 per $1,000 of assessed value. That number was up 38 cents from 2018.

Red Door Real Estate reports that Quincy’s residential tax rate is now at  $12.43 compared to last year’s reported $12.55. Most surrounding suburbs are between $9 and $13. Boston currently sits at $10.56.

The town with the lowest residential tax rate rests in the Berkshires in Hancock at $2.78. Included in the lowest ten are communities on Martha's Vineyard and the Cape, as well as one of the state's biggest cities in Cambridge.

Longmeadow is consistently ranked the highest with tax rates at $24.21, a 12-cent increase from 2018.

Tax bills reflect the tax rate being applied to the assessed value of the land and buildings on a given property. For example, for the owner of a property assessed at $250,000, a tax rate of $15.48 would result in a tax bill of $3,870.

Below is a list to see where your community's residential property tax rate is in comparison to  nearby communities from lowest to highest. 

For any additional questions on how this can impact your home, please contact Red Door Real Estate.

Hancock — $2.78
Chilmark — $2.86
Edgartown — $3.35
Nantucket — $3.45
Chatham — $4.82
Rowe — $5.33
Alford — $5.50
Cambridge — $5.75
West Tisbury — $6.07
Dennis — $6.10
Mount Washington — $6.27
Provincetown — $6.62
Aquinnah — $6.81
Tyringham — $6.99
Truro — $7.33
Monterey — $7.43
Oak Bluffs — $7.44
Erving — $7.54
Orleans — $7.56
Wellfleet — $7.75
Otis — $8.34
Westport — $8.43
Falmouth — $8.59
Brewster — $8.62
Eastham — $8.72
Harwich — $8.73
Tolland — $8.90
Mashpee — $8.96
Medford — $9.18
Woburn — $9.32
Tisbury — $9.33
Barnstable — $9.37
Brookline — $9.45
Egremont — $9.49
Burlington — $9.64
Braintree — $9.86
Stockbridge — $9.87
Dartmouth — $9.93
Yarmouth — $10.00
Somerville — $10.09
Rockport — $10.10
New Marlborough — $10.31
Marblehead — $10.39
Newton — $10.44
Boston — $10.56
Everett — $10.64
Bourne — $10.74
Peabody — $10.74
Stoneham — $10.79
Nahant — $10.97
Wareham — $10.98
Newbury — $10.99
Belmont — $11.00
Melrose — $11.05
Arlington — $11.06
Fairhaven — $11.06
Becket — $11.08
Norwood — $11.15
Revere — $11.26
Salisbury — $11.46
Hingham — $11.53
Wellesley — $11.56
Manchester By The Sea — $11.70
Marion — $11.70
Saugus — $11.92
Weymouth — $11.92
Waltham — $11.95
Lenox — $12.10
Watertown — $12.14
Canton — $12.23
Gloucester — $12.33
Richmond — $12.38
Winchester — $12.39
Lawrence — $12.43
Quincy — $12.43
Shrewsbury — $12.47
New Ashford — $12.48
Needham — $12.49
Winthrop — $12.62
Malden — $12.65
Wakefield — $12.77
Hadley — $12.78
Hull — $12.82
Beverly — $12.83
Weston — $12.83
Dover — $12.84
Newburyport — $12.84
Cohasset — $12.97
Billerica — $12.99
Freetown — $13.02
Danvers — $13.06
Dudley — $13.06
Lakeville — $13.06
Milton — $13.12
Rehoboth — $13.12
West Stockbridge — $13.12
Seekonk — $13.17
Bedford — $13.18
Hinsdale — $13.21
Sandisfield — $13.30
Marshfield — $13.33
Dracut — $13.35
Lowell — $13.36
Chelsea — $13.39
Lynn — $13.40
Cheshire — $13.44
Methuen — $13.44
Rochester — $13.48
Mattapoisett — $13.49
Scituate — $13.50
Hatfield — $13.53
Oakham — $13.55
Wilmington — $13.58
Haverhill — $13.60
Natick — $13.61
Middleton — $13.62
Montgomery — $13.62
Dedham — $13.72
North Andover — $13.74
Northbridge — $13.84
Lynnfield — $13.92
Acushnet — $13.94
Reading — $13.95
Shelburne — $13.98
Sheffield — $14.00
Ipswich — $14.02
Groveland — $14.05
Lexington — $14.05
Windsor — $14.08
Ayer — $14.10
Spencer — $14.12
Marlborough — $14.18
Swansea — $14.18
Bellingham — $14.22
Concord — $14.23
Wrentham — $14.25
Swampscott — $14.30
Sandwich — $14.31
North Attleborough — $14.35
Raynham — $14.41
West Newbury — $14.42
Fall River — $14.45
Salem — $14.45
Pembroke — $14.49
Franklin — $14.51
Westwood — $14.51
Berkley — $14.53
Attleboro — $14.56
Foxborough — $14.57
Duxbury — $14.66
Lee — $14.68
Cummington — $14.69
Plainville — $14.70
West Brookfield — $14.70
Bridgewater — $14.73
Norton — $14.80
East Brookfield — $14.82
Hubbardston — $14.82
Taunton — $14.86
Merrimac — $14.88
Stoughton — $14.89
Leicester — $14.91
Randolph — $14.91
Charlton — $14.94
Savoy — $14.96
Dighton — $14.98
Framingham — $14.98
Walpole — $14.99
Andover — $15.01
Webster — $15.06
Monroe — $15.08
Goshen — $15.11
Brockton — $15.15
Somerset — $15.22
Hanson — $15.27
Washington — $15.29
Millbury — $15.33
Lincoln — $15.36
Mansfield — $15.36
Easton — $15.38
Granville — $15.40
North Brookfield — $15.42
Sunderland — $15.44
Clinton — $15.49
Rowley — $15.58
North Reading — $15.60
Whately — $15.67
Deerfield — $15.69
Great Barrington — $15.75
Berlin — $15.79
Southampton — $15.82
Princeton — $15.85
Whitman — $15.85
Sutton — $15.86
Middleborough — $15.88
Georgetown — $15.92
Milford — $15.96
Tewksbury — $15.97
Hardwick — $15.98
Millville — $16.07
Shirley — $16.11
Ashland — $16.16
New Bedford — $16.16
Boxford — $16.17
Hawley — $16.22
Tyngsborough — $16.25
Kingston — $16.28
Winchendon — $16.28
Essex — $16.29
Hanover — $16.31
Westford — $16.33
Plymouth — $16.35
West Bridgewater — $16.37
Chelmsford — $16.45
Grafton — $16.50
Boylston — $16.54
Hudson — $16.61
Northfield — $16.61
Holland — $16.62
Norwell — $16.63
Ashfield — $16.66
Southborough — $16.66
Boxborough — $16.72
Uxbridge — $16.74
Mendon — $16.75
Northampton — $16.80
Sterling — $16.81
Agawam — $16.83
Templeton — $16.83
Dunstable — $16.84
Phillipston — $16.94
Douglas — $16.98
Hamilton — $16.98
Pepperell — $16.98
West Springfield — $16.99
Abington — $17.00
Holden — $17.00
Worcester — $17.00
Leyden — $17.01
Warren — $17.16
Amesbury — $17.18
Athol — $17.18
Carver — $17.19
Worthington — $17.21
Upton — $17.22
Northborough — $17.25
East Bridgewater — $17.29
New Braintree — $17.32
Petersham — $17.37
Groton — $17.38
Hopedale — $17.41
Topsfield — $17.42
Halifax — $17.44
Chicopee — $17.46
Southwick — $17.49
Medway — $17.50
Rockland — $17.50
Westminster — $17.55
Montague — $17.57
South Hadley — $17.58
Williamstown — $17.60
Rutland — $17.61
Plympton — $17.62
Brimfield — $17.67
Avon — $17.70
Blandford — $17.76
Easthampton — $17.76
Wayland — $17.76
Littleton — $17.77
Medfield — $17.83
Barre — $17.87
Clarksburg — $17.89
Auburn — $17.98
Leominster — $17.98
Brookfield — $18.01
New Salem — $18.04
Lunenburg — $18.12
Belchertown — $18.17
Monson — $18.27
Westborough — $18.32
Middlefield — $18.34
Carlisle — $18.36
Holbrook — $18.37
Sudbury — $18.45
Harvard — $18.47
Buckland — $18.52
West Boylston — $18.58
Bernardston — $18.59
North Adams — $18.62
Norfolk — $18.64
Conway — $18.76
Peru — $18.76
Ashby — $18.83
Holliston — $18.85
Blackstone — $18.86
Wenham — $18.94
Sharon — $19.00
Sturbridge — $19.02
Holyoke — $19.08
Acton — $19.24
Westfield — $19.25
Wales — $19.34
Sherborn — $19.46
Southbridge — $19.48
Charlemont — $19.51
Townsend — $19.52
Springfield — $19.53
Fitchburg — $19.71
Pittsfield — $19.71
Paxton — $19.73
Gardner — $19.74
Granby — $19.77
Lancaster — $19.85
Colrain — $19.93
Ashburnham — $20.10
Chesterfield — $20.11
Plainfield — $20.12
Millis — $20.14
Hampden — $20.15
Dalton — $20.29
Westhampton — $20.32
Orange — $20.33
Warwick — $20.37
Bolton — $20.39
Leverett — $20.49
Huntington — $20.52
Stow — $20.61
Ludlow — $20.62
Williamsburg — $20.62
Ware — $20.63
Maynard — $20.64
Lanesborough — $20.68
Chester — $20.70
East Longmeadow — $20.84
Palmer — $21.22
Amherst — $21.32
Adams — $21.88
Pelham — $21.89
Heath — $22.25
Wilbraham — $22.38
Russell — $22.71
Greenfield — $22.93
Shutesbury — $24.04
Longmeadow — $24.21

Discussion

#1 By Mike Miller at 9/10/2020 1:27 PM

Excellent post. Interesting stuff to read.

#2 By Madelene Cheney at 9/10/2020 5:54 PM

Thank you for the comment Mike Miller!

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