========================================================================= Form dense 94 avg sgl fam avg. 96 avg. 96 res City/Town Govt 94 Pop sq mi income res prop 96 tax home val rate =========== ==== ====== ===== ====== ======== ====== ======== ====== NEWTON City 85,358 4,769 28,840 16,900 $4,429 $319,105 13.80 LEXINGTON Town 29,108 1,766 30,718 8,758 $4,289 $306,125 14.01 ARLINGTON Town 43,624 8,422 21,449 7,900 $3,181 $192,293 16.54 FRAMINGHAM Town 63,366 2,649 20,407 12,811 $2,907 $167,623 17.34 NATICK Town 30,817 2,071 22,176 8,014 $2,846 $178,984 15.90 BEVERLY City 38,755 2,560 18,436 7,973 $2,827 $182,382 15.50 MILFORD Town 25,209 1,704 15,980 5,100 $2,267 $136,386 16.62 QUINCY City 84,040 5,090 17,436 13,481 $2,049 $149,928 14.54 WEYMOUTH Town 54,859 3,285 18,392 12,823 $2,032 $132,724 15.31 MALDEN City 51,803 10,197 15,820 5,364 $2,001 $127,058 15.75 LOWELL City 96,054 7,179 12,701 11,109 $1,887 $ 98,335 19.19 BROCKTON City 87,411 4,090 13,455 15,601 $1,672 $ 85,310 19.60 EASTHAMPTON City 15,512 1,167 15,193 3,605 $1,633 $107,973 15.12 WOBURN City 36,374 2,828 18,155 7,398 $1,598 $150,733 10.60 LAWRENCE City 63,117 9,351 9,686 4,135 $1,590 $ 82,127 19.36 GOSNOLD1 Town 96 8 22,097 121 $764 $305,636 2.50 ========================================================================== *Ranked by 1996 single family average tax bill. 1Gosnold, a resort, retirement, artistic community in Dukes County was the smallest municipality we found, and included it for fun! The town has an Open Town Meeting form of government. All data obtained from Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services web site at http://www.state.ma.us/cc/