Westwood taxpayers paid an average of $9,019 in real estate taxes during Fiscal Year 2012, according to data recently released by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. 

Among the Commonwealth’s 351 cities and towns, Westwood ranks Number 19 on the list of towns that pay the highest real estate taxes in 2012, with Weston paying the highest at $16,643 and Hancock (home of Hancock Shaker Village, population 721) paying the least at $759.00. 

Here is a snapshot of what some of our neighbors paid in 2012:

Rank, Town, Taxes

• 1  -  Weston, $16,643
• 2  -  Sherborn, $13,534
• 4  -  Dover, $12,390
• 6  -  Wellesley, $11,860
• 19 - Westwood, $9,019
• 20 - Newton, $8,910
• 22 - Medfield, $8,811
• 25 - Sharon, $8,310
• 27 - Needham, $8,075
• 43 - Norfolk, $6,927
• 44 - Holliston, $6,916
• 56 - Medway, $6,105
• 57 - Natick, $6,015
• 64 - Framingham, $5,774
• 65 - Dedham, $5,770
• 67 - Walpole, $5,740
• 76 - Canton, $5,526
• 87 - Millis, $5,226
• 88 - Foxborough, $5,174
• 89 - Mansfield, $5,164
• 178- Norwood, $3,862

For a complete list, see the attached document compiled by Patch using DOR data. For additional data, click here. 

Editor's Note: The DOR chart does not include data from Barnstable, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Nantucket, Somerset, Somerville, Tisbury, Waltham or Watertown.