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A home last deeded before 1986 would pay a median $5,992 before exemptions; one deeded since 2021, $6,890.
Median bill by year of last deedour estimate
Median bill, before exemptions (ours)
before 1986
$5,992
1986–1995
$6,675
1996–2005
$6,904
2006–2010
$6,698
2011–2015
$7,359
2016–2020
$6,798
2021 or later
$6,890
The assessor’s value times the FY2026 rate, no exemption or abatement applied: our estimate, not anybody’s bill.
1 · The facts
$5,992
median bill, homes last deeded before 1986 (ours)
our estimate
$6,890
median bill, homes deeded since 2021 (ours)
our estimate
87.0%
the first against the second (ours)
our estimate
$416,400
median assessed value, deeded before 1986
$478,800
median assessed value, deeded since 2021
$14.39
tax rate per $1,000, FY2026
1,213
last deeds that were nominal transfers
33.2%
of 3,649 single-family homes (our arithmetic)
2 · What it shows
1
Long-held homes pay 87.0% of what recently bought ones do: the bill follows today’s value.
2
A third of last deeds, 1,213, are nominal transfers, so a deed year is not an arrival year.
Single-family homes by the year of their last deed, FY2026
Homes
Median value
Median billnot from the books
Median last sale
2021 or later
1,093
$478,800
$6,890
$460,000
2016–2020
915
$472,400
$6,798
$320,000
2011–2015
422
$511,400
$7,359
$254,450
2006–2010
284
$465,450
$6,698
$253,000
1996–2005
528
$479,800
$6,904
$208,030
1986–1995
232
$463,850
$6,675
$125,000
before 1986
175
$416,400
$5,992
$32,500
MassGIS Level 3 parcels, single-family use codes. The bill is our estimate: value times the year’s rate, no exemption applied. The sale price leaves out nominal transfers.