There are many reasons you may wish to compare towns in Massachusetts. This site tries to provide tools for a variety of purposes.
For the resident, it tries to answer:
- Where should I live? Is my town affordable?
- Is my town managed efficiently?
- What information is available to benchmark my town against other towns in the quality or cost of services available?
What are demographic trends in my town compared to others?
- Income
- Population
- Unemployment
- Equalized Valuation (taxable base)
We encourage you to look around and see what data is available, and we welcome suggestions for additional data sets.