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Comparisons of the three towns 
in the Nashoba Regional School District
By Levy Capacity, Tax rates, Average Single Family Tax Bill, and Socioeconomic data
Proposition 2 1/2 Levy Capacity


Community  FY New 
Growth		 Debt 
Exclusion		 Levy Limit Excess 
Capacity 		 Ceiling Override 
Capacitys
Lancaster  01 $247,656 $414,999 $6,261,177 $2,211 $9,785,750 $3,939,572
Bolton  01 $466,670 $956,233 $9,033,750  $162,402 $13,818,299  $5,740,782 
Stow  01 $428,120  $1,090,233 $11,147,943 $156,836 $16,503,162 $6,445,452

As of 05/09/01 Source: Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Tax Rates
Community  FY Residential Open Space Commercial Industrial  Personal
Property
Lancaster  01 $15.99 $15.99 $15.99 $15.99 $15.99
Bolton  01 $16.05
$16.05 $16.05 $16.05
Stow  01 $16.65
$16.65 $16.65 $16.65
As of 05/09/01 Source: Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Average Single Family Tax Bills
Community  FY
Number of
Single Family 
Parcels 
 Assessed Value
of Single Family		 Average Single
Family Tax Bill
Lancaster  01
1,748
$284,056,700
$2,598
Bolton  01
1,375
$429,572,300
$5,014 
Stow  01
1,846
$541,858,550
$4,887
Data 5/9/01 Source: Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Socioeconomic Data


Community 

 

 County 1999 Population 1989 Per
Capita
Income		 1998
EQV Per
Capita 		 Moody's
Bond
Rating		 Kind
of
Community		 School
District
Type		  Regional
Schools		  Form
of
Gov't		  Population
per
Square
Mile		  1999
Labor
Force		  1999
Unemp.
Rate 
Lancaster  WORCESTER 6,634 14,619 52,140 N/A Growth
Community		 Non
Operating		 •NASHOBA
•MINUTEMAN		 •Selectmen
•Town
Administrator
•Open
Town Meeting 		 240 3,578 2.5

Bolton 		 WORCESTER 3,402 24,546 131,271 Aa3  Residential
Suburb		 Non
Operating 		 •NASHOBA
•MINUTEMAN 		 •Selectmen
•Town
Coordinator
•Open
Town Meeting		 171 1,924 3.1 
Stow  MIDDLESEX 5,891  25,244 86,130 A1 Residential
Suburb		 Non
Operating 		 •NASHOBA
•MINUTEMAN		 •Selectmen
•Town
Administrator
•Open
Town Meeting		 333 3,467 2.1

As of 05/09/01 Source: Massachusetts Department of Revenue