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R E A L E S T A T E F A C T B O O K
Commercial
Residential & industrial
North County
2021 Central Mass. property tax rates,
by community
Rate per $1,000 in assessed value
Royalston 12.86 12.86
Hubbardston 14.81 14.81
Petersham 15.31 15.31
Winchendon 15.72 15.72
Phillipston 16.11 16.11
Templeton 16.11 16.11
Princeton 16.12 16.12
Sterling 16.52 16.52
Shirley 16.53 16.53
Westminster 16.76 16.76
Groton 17.6 17.6
Athol 17.66 17.66
Lunenburg 17.74 17.74
Pepperell 17.92 17.92
Barre 18 18
Leominster 18.13 18.13
Townsend 18.33 18.33
Ashby 18.55 18.55
Harvard 18.78 18.75
Fitchburg 19.03 19.03
Lancaster 19.98 19.98
Gardner 20.04 20.04
Ashburnham 20.55 20.55
Clinton 15.94 27.1
Ayer 14.14 29.17
Commercial
Residential & industrial
Blackstone Valley
Northbridge 14.49 14.49
Millbury 15.43 15.43
Uxbridge 15.82 15.82
Millville 15.93 15.93
Sutton 16 16
Upton 16.6 16.6
Douglas 16.72 16.72
Mendon 16.79 16.79
Grafton 17.18 17.18
Blackstone 18.72 18.72
Hopedale 17.87 28.8
Source: Massachusetts Department of Revenue
ago.
"A lot of new retailers don't want to be
inside the mall anymore, they want to be
outside," said Leominster Mayor Dean
Mazzarella, who emphasized a demand
for more free-standing retail locations.
"It's also given a whole new look to retail
space: landscaping, lighting, making it so
people feel safe."
He said most of Leominster's retail
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