Category Archives: Statistics

Stats: education expense—how we compare

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

The most contentious item at Monday’s Annual Town Meeting—don’t forget to go!—will likely be the school assessment portion of the town budget. You may hear different versions of numbers about how much we spend on schools, but these are the … Continue reading →

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Stats: that elusive commercial tax dollar

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

At the last Economic Development Committee meeting, the topic of the relationship between residential and commercial taxes came up again. The EDC has been gradually backing off of earlier assertions that an increase in the commercial tax base would have … Continue reading →

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Stats: Revenues by source

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

This post expands upon the numbers in the first “stats post” and looks at the larger picture of municipal revenue, as defined by the Mass. Dept. of Revenue. The DOR tracks four categories of revenue sources: property tax (the total … Continue reading →

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Stats: Residential value as a percentage of taxed property

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

There is a regular feature in the Boston Globe regional editions, called Snapshot, in which an interesting statistic is displayed on a state map so you can see how your town compares to all other towns in the state. Some of … Continue reading →

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