Data Bank Reports
Municipal Data Bank
The Municipal Data Bank collects, analyzes and distributes financial, demographic and economic data on Massachusetts cities and towns. Financial data comes from a series of reports that municipalities submit annually to the Division of Local Services. Demographic and economic data is collected from other state and federal agencies. The Data Bank develops and maintains systems to collect and distribute the information, assists users in interpretation and use, participates in research projects with other agencies and organizations, and distributes reports which summarize data analyses.
Data Bank Reports
Spreadsheets containing current and historical socioeconomic, financial, budget, property tax and assessment data for all 351 cities and towns are available for downloading. The files are in the following catagory groups:
All Municipal Spreadsheets
Property Tax Information
(tax rates, tax levies, parcel counts, assessed values, motor vehicle excise tax, eqv's, average single family tax bills)
Proposition 2 1/2
(override, capital exclusion, debt exclusion, new growth, excess & override capacity)
Debt/Financial Indicators
(debt, free cash, stabilization fund, overlay reserves, bond ratings, financial flexibility)
Local Options
(listing of communities that have adopted special exemptions, assessment provisions, or revenue sources)
Socioeconomic
(population, income, inflation, voters, motor vehicles, labor force, births, housing units, centerline road inventory)
State Aid
(cherry sheets, net state aid, totals by program)
Municipal Revenue Growth Factor
(new growth, levy limit base, general revenue sharing, local receipts)
Community Preservation Act
(local acceptance, state matching funds, and trust fund balances)
Local Aid Distributions
(annual and quarterly local aid distributions)
Property Tax Exemption Reimbursements
(local acceptance of optional clauses and state reimbursement)
Municipal Budgeted Revenues
(tax levy, state aid, local receipts, other)
Municipal Actual Revenues and Expenditures
(general fund, school, special revenue, trust, capital, enterprise, agency)
At A Glance Reports
Summaries of key socioeconomic, financial and property tax data for individual communities.
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