Plymouth Residential Property Tax Rates Compared to Other South Shore Towns

Plymouth stacks up pretty well against some of its neighbors in terms of commercial industrial tax rates, at least in some areas compared to many neighboring communities across the South Shore as of fiscal year 2012, according to the Boston Business Journal.

Plymouth’s residential and commercial/industrial property tax rate is $13.84 per $1,000. The highest residential property tax rate in the area is Carver at $15.47. Carver's commercial/industrial rate is $21.43. The lowest residential rate is Bourne, which a flat rate of $9.12.

Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard has the lowest residential property tax rate in the state at 2.08 flat rate between commercial/industrial. Sharon has the highest residential tax rate (also with a flat split) in Massachusetts at 20.11 percent.

Everett had the highest commercial/industrial tax rate at 41.66 percent, and Chilmark also had the lowest rate in commercial/industrial at 2.08 percent.

Town

Residential Rate

Commercial/Industrial

Milton

14.35

21.99

Norwell

14.24

20.13

Plymouth

13.84

13.84

Duxbury

13.79

13.79

Hull

13.06

13.06

Scituate

12.34

12.34

Weymouth

12.14

20.13

Hingham

11.89

11.89

Marshfield

11.76

11.76

Braintree

10.45

23.65