Sherborn Ranks Second, Dover Fourth for Real Estate Taxes Paid in FY12

Sherborn taxpayers paid an average of $13,534 in real estate taxes during Fiscal Year 2012, according to data recently released by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Dover taxpayers, meanwhile, paid $12,390.

Among the Commonwealth’s 351 cities and towns, Sherborn ranks Number 2, and Dover ranks Number 4 on the list of towns that pay the highest real estate taxes in 2012, with Weston paying the highest at $16,643 and Hancock (home of Hancock Shaker Village, population 721) paying the least at $759.00. 

Here is a snapshot of what some of our neighbors paid in 2012:

Rank, Town, Taxes

• 1  -  Weston, $16,643
• 2  -  Sherborn, $13,534
• 4  -  Dover, $12,390
• 6  -  Wellesley, $11,860
• 19 - Westwood, $9,019
• 20 - Newton, $8,910
• 22 - Medfield, $8,811
• 25 - Sharon, $8,310
• 27 - Needham, $8,075
• 43 - Norfolk, $6,927
• 44 - Holliston, $6,916
• 56 - Medway, $6,105
• 57 - Natick, $6,015
• 64 - Framingham, $5,774
• 65 - Dedham, $5,770
• 67 - Walpole, $5,740
• 76 - Canton, $5,526
• 87 - Millis, $5,226
• 88 - Foxborough, $5,174
• 89 - Mansfield, $5,164
• 178- Norwood, $3,862

For a complete list, see the attached document compiled by Patch using DOR data. For additional data, click here. 

Editor's Note: The DOR chart does not include data from Barnstable, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Nantucket, Somerset, Somerville, Tisbury, Waltham or Watertown.