#1Dennis
Barnstable County · 14,906 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.46% of the median home value
Dennis, #1 on this list · West Dennis Graded School · Photo: Thomas Kelley from Boston, MA · CC BY-SA 2.0Massachusetts rankings · Property tax
Towns with the lowest property taxes in Massachusetts
Dennis has the lowest property-tax bills of Massachusetts’ 246 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $2,877 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $5,817.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners pay. The survey reports bills of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so those towns are listed below the list, not ranked. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1$2,877
#2Cheshire
Berkshire County · 3,180 peopleMedian yearly bill·1.12% of the median home value
#3North Adams
Berkshire County · 12,368 peopleMedian yearly bill·1.57% of the median home value
All 246 towns
Median yearly bill, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 14 towns here).
246 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
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37 towns with bills of $10,000+
The survey reports a median bill of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so these towns can’t be placed against each other or the list.
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Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Massachusetts town has the lowest property taxes?
Dennis (Barnstable County): homeowners’ median bill is $2,877 a year. Cheshire ($3,005) and North Adams ($3,078) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the median yearly property-tax bill homeowners report to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), lowest first. Towns with the same bill share a rank (T). The share of home value is the bill divided by the median home value, both from the survey. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with a reported bill under $10,000 (246 in Massachusetts); bills of $10,000+ can’t be told apart, so those towns are listed separately. Smaller towns show their bill on their Cost of living page. 37 Massachusetts towns are listed above at $10,000+. Every town is on the Massachusetts page.
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