Berkshire County

The western county, thirty-two towns in the hills, with a housing market shaped as much by second homes as by local incomes.

The County In Figures

32 towns
129,026 people at the 2020 census
927 square miles of land
69,759 housing units
Median single-family assessment: $396,250
Median residential tax rate, fiscal 2026: $10.34
Median annual tax on a median home: $3,957
13 of 32 towns have a natural gas main

What Varies Most Across Berkshire County

Assessed values here run from $191,450 in North Adams to $1,066,450 in Alford. Population runs from 160 in Mount Washington to 43,927 in Pittsfield.

14 of the 32 towns have municipal sewer serving part of the town, and 23 have no digitised federal flood map, which is an absence of information rather than an absence of risk.

Every Town in Berkshire County

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Population, median single-family assessed value, the residential tax rate, the annual tax that combination produces, and the median year the housing was built. Sortable by any column. No column implies a ranking; sort order is yours.

Every Town in Berkshire County. Population, median single-family assessed value, the residential tax rate, the annual tax that combination produces, and the median year the housing was built. Sortable by any column. No column implies a ranking; sort order is yours.
Town	Population	Median Home	Tax Rate	Tax on That Home	Median Year Built
Adams	8,166	$246,850	$15.63	$3,858	1,939
Alford	486	$1,066,450	$4.07	$4,340	1,976
Becket	1,931	$328,200	$9.56	$3,170	1,976
Cheshire	3,258	$305,000	$10.58	$3,227	1,970
Clarksburg	1,657	$211,100	$12.29	$2,594	1,952
Dalton	6,330	$315,300	$16.87	$5,319	1,955
Egremont	1,372	$601,400	$6.58	$3,957	1,973
Florida	694	$213,000	$8.28	$1,764	1,969
Great Barrington	7,172	$518,000	$13.24	$7,024	1,950
Hancock	757	$352,600	$2.18	$769	1,970
Hinsdale	1,919	$355,700	$10.63	$3,781	1,968
Lanesborough	3,038	$309,850	$17.29	$5,357	1,958
Lee	5,788	$371,350	$11.21	$4,208	1,960
Lenox	5,095	$543,800	$9.85	$5,488	1,959
Monterey	1,095	$620,850	$7.22	$4,483	1,977
Mount Washington	160	$436,000	$5.97	$2,603	1,972
New Ashford	250	$442,500	$5.66	$2,505	1,976
New Marlborough	1,528	$534,100	$7.21	$3,851	1,975
North Adams	12,961	$191,450	$15.97	$3,057	1,925
Otis	1,634	$449,300	$5.96	$2,678	1,977
Peru	814	$267,800	$16.09	$4,309	1,979
Pittsfield	43,927	$256,500	$17.50	$4,516	1,950
Richmond	1,407	$531,400	$10.25	$5,447	1,968
Sandisfield	989	$407,100	$7.89	$3,212	1,980
Savoy	645	$207,950	$14.52	$3,019	1,979
Sheffield	3,327	$396,250	$11.82	$4,719	1,973
Stockbridge	2,018	$702,200	$6.79	$4,891	1,955
Tyringham	427	$563,500	$6.63	$3,736	1,978
Washington	494	$336,450	$13.82	$4,650	1,978
West Stockbridge	1,343	$535,700	$10.34	$5,629	1,975
Williamstown	7,513	$466,450	$14.20	$6,728	1,952
Windsor	831	$289,650	$9.43	$2,731	1,975

What These Columns Mean

Town: The municipality. Links to its full record.
Population: Population at the 2020 census.
Median Home: Median single-family assessed value, from the town's own assessment roll.
Tax Rate: Residential rate per $1,000 of assessed value, as certified to the Division of Local Services.
Tax on That Home: The rate applied to that median assessment. An illustration of a typical bill, not any particular property's bill.
Median Year Built: The median construction year of the town's housing stock.

Cite: RE413. “Every Town in Berkshire County.” Updated August 5, 2026. https://www.re413.com/counties/berkshire/, underlying sources at https://www.re413.com/sources/.

Property Tax, Town by Town

Each town's rate, its history year by year, and what it produces on a real home.

$15.63Adams Property Tax $4.07Alford Property Tax $9.56Becket Property Tax $10.58Cheshire Property Tax $12.29Clarksburg Property Tax $16.87Dalton Property Tax $6.58Egremont Property Tax $8.28Florida Property Tax $13.24Great Barrington Property Tax $2.18Hancock Property Tax $10.63Hinsdale Property Tax $17.29Lanesborough Property Tax $11.21Lee Property Tax $9.85Lenox Property Tax $7.22Monterey Property Tax $5.97Mount Washington Property Tax $5.66New Ashford Property Tax $7.21New Marlborough Property Tax $15.97North Adams Property Tax $5.96Otis Property Tax $16.09Peru Property Tax $17.50Pittsfield Property Tax $10.25Richmond Property Tax $7.89Sandisfield Property Tax $14.52Savoy Property Tax $11.82Sheffield Property Tax $6.79Stockbridge Property Tax $6.63Tyringham Property Tax $13.82Washington Property Tax $10.34West Stockbridge Property Tax $14.20Williamstown Property Tax $9.43Windsor Property Tax

Go Deeper

Compare two towns side by side, work out what a given price costs in tax anywhere in the county, or look up a specific address. The regional picture is in the tax rates by town and home prices by town.

Sources

Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services. Certified residential tax rates for each town in the county.
MassGIS standardized assessors' parcels. Median single-family assessed values and median year built, from each town's own roll.
U.S. Census Bureau. Population, housing unit counts and land area.

"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.