I find the "DOR Income *Per Capita*" column interesting. Apparently the average Lincoln household size is about 2.8 which would put the average household income at ~$580,000. Which would change the last column's values. (Presumably similarly for other towns.)
Rich On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM David Cuetos <[email protected]> wrote: > Sara, you're right in observing that our tax burden is quite high. It is > higher than any of our peer towns with the exception of Sudbury, which has > much higher housing turnover. For sale signs often go up there as soon as > kids graduate from HS. Statewide, our taxes are higher than nearly every > other town, surpassed only by Brookline and Weston. Weston though is > significantly wealthier than Lincoln. I suppose we just have a much higher > tolerance for pain than our neighbors. > > Municipality Single-Family Tax Bill DOR Income Per Capita Average Tax > Bill as a % of Income > Sudbury 16,343 155,522 10.51 > Lincoln 20,462 208,365 9.82 > Concord 19,585 226,782 8.64 > Carlisle 16,738 206,865 8.09 > Wayland 17,854 227,716 7.84 > Sherborn 19,483 328,012 5.94 > Dover 18,563 361,388 5.14 > Weston 25,464 551,525 4.62 > >
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