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www.wbjournal.com Worcester Business Journal • 2015 Central Mass By The Numbers 35 With your subscription you get: n 24 bi-weekly issues of Worcester Business Journal n 5 special publications: Book of Lists, Economic Forecast, Business Profiles & Milestones, Central Mass by the Numbers and Giving Guide. n 5 email newsletters: Daily Report, WBJ Morning Blend, MetroWest495 Biz, Health Care, Business Buy/Sell Exchange n Enjoy the Worcester Business Journal on your tablet or phone with a digital edition. Subscribe today for the business journal you love plus much more! Join the discussion! Let us know what's important to you! www.wbjournal.com/subscribe Real Estate Total value of Value of tax-exempt tax-exempt property as a % of Municipality property all property Tax‑exempt property Worcester has the highest percentage of tax-exempt property of any community in Central Massachusetts, followed by Petersham. The community with the lowest percentage? Boxborough. $4,945,157,390 30.68 $84,245,532 27.84 $54,884,300 27.08 $578,039,700 21.64 $306,260,500 21.3 $29,497,300 21.03 $92,060,750 19.25 $195,201,500 19.07 $206,170,400 18.56 $328,689,072 17.67 $122,481,100 16.95 $276,748,000 16.69 $111,730,300 16.4 $78,152,500 16 $105,328,000 15.74 $114,781,250 15.7 $21,879,400 15.45 $197,939,600 15.39 $190,911,600 15.22 $69,091,811 13.55 $119,350,600 13.22 $116,972,700 12.31 Worcester Petersham Hardwick Lancaster New Braintree Fitchburg Barre Southbridge Boylston Shirley Charlton Gardner Groton Clinton Winchendon Harvard Royalston Townsend Paxton Ashburnham Sterling West Boylston Framingham Princeton North Brookfield Leominster Brookfield Rutland Templeton Dudley Oakham Upton Hubbardston Maynard Leicester Holden Ayer Southborough Hopedale Millbury Northbridge East Brookfield Marlborough Spencer $131,338,500 12.23 $101,794,000 12.19 $26,136,300 12.06 $59,322,000 11.91 $50,629,400 11.7 $990,822,150 11.52 $80,544,611 11.46 $71,121,550 11.4 $109,426,250 11.39 $31,726,400 11.35 $142,360,300 11.35 $111,001,100 11.11 $379,886,400 10.96 $112,603,075 10.88 $219,119,500 10.42 $246,432,140 10.28 $134,013,700 10.25 $109,828,700 10.03 $244,315,900 9.81 $110,054,900 9.78 $70,236,900 9.77 $480,454,430 9.6 Source: Mass. Department of Revenue $142,567,800 9.51 $144,621,800 9.22 $88,630,600 9.18 $19,576,900 9.02 $80,943,025 8.86 $76,826,800 8.62 $31,231,900 8.49 $136,062,900 8.4 $28,895,700 8.35 $102,159,700 8.34 $443,547,063 8.23 $300,620,800 8.04 $608,130,300 8.01 $381,195,000 7.92 $44,210,600 7.86 $184,078,500 7.83 $15,004,700 7.49 $110,274,100 7.46 $100,873,605 7.39 $92,076,900 7.37 $84,088,300 7.09 $195,205,500 7.06 Westminster Grafton Sturbridge Warren West Brookfield Blackstone Sherborn Douglas Oxford Athol Franklin Westborough Webster Natick Littleton Berlin Wayland Hudson Stow Phillipston Shrewsbury Acton Medway Bolton Ashby Milford Pepperell Auburn Sudbury Millville Millis Hopkinton Northborough Bellingham Sutton Lunenburg Uxbridge Ashland Holliston Mendon Boxborough $244,864,500 7.03 $140,688,900 6.95 $201,906,645 6.57 $73,659,900 6.56 $101,082,600 6.54 $271,518,900 6.5 $18,522,700 6.48 $117,574,996 6.36 $59,997,100 6.26 $16,424,900 6.11 $263,966,560 6.06 $128,833,200 5.47 $172,934,020 5.45 $118,875,500 5.29 $65,985,530 5.18 $57,333,100 4.76 $88,565,600 4.06 $32,168,800 3.84 $36,516,100 3.6 Total value of Value of tax-exempt tax-exempt property as a % of Municipality property all property Total value of Value of tax-exempt tax-exempt property as a % of Municipality property all property Total value of Value of tax-exempt tax-exempt property as a % of Municipality property all property