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
- Towns
- 32
- People, 2020 Count
- 129,026
- Land
- 927square miles
- Housing Units
- 69,759
- Median Single-Family Assessment
- $396,250
- Median Residential Tax Rate, Fiscal 2026
- $10.34
- Median Annual Tax on a Median Home
- $3,957
- Towns With a Natural Gas Main
- 13of 32
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.
| Town | Population | Median Home | Tax Rate | Tax on That Home | Median Year Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 8,166 | $246,850 | $15.63 | $3,858 | 1939 |
| Alford | 486 | $1,066,450 | $4.07 | $4,340 | 1976 |
| Becket | 1,931 | $328,200 | $9.56 | $3,170 | 1976 |
| Cheshire | 3,258 | $305,000 | $10.58 | $3,227 | 1970 |
| Clarksburg | 1,657 | $211,100 | $12.29 | $2,594 | 1952 |
| Dalton | 6,330 | $315,300 | $16.87 | $5,319 | 1955 |
| Egremont | 1,372 | $601,400 | $6.58 | $3,957 | 1973 |
| Florida | 694 | $213,000 | $8.28 | $1,764 | 1969 |
| Great Barrington | 7,172 | $518,000 | $13.24 | $7,024 | 1950 |
| Hancock | 757 | $352,600 | $2.18 | $769 | 1970 |
| Hinsdale | 1,919 | $355,700 | $10.63 | $3,781 | 1968 |
| Lanesborough | 3,038 | $309,850 | $17.29 | $5,357 | 1958 |
| Lee | 5,788 | $371,350 | $11.21 | $4,208 | 1960 |
| Lenox | 5,095 | $543,800 | $9.85 | $5,488 | 1959 |
| Monterey | 1,095 | $620,850 | $7.22 | $4,483 | 1977 |
| Mount Washington | 160 | $436,000 | $5.97 | $2,603 | 1972 |
| New Ashford | 250 | $442,500 | $5.66 | $2,505 | 1976 |
| New Marlborough | 1,528 | $534,100 | $7.21 | $3,851 | 1975 |
| North Adams | 12,961 | $191,450 | $15.97 | $3,057 | 1925 |
| Otis | 1,634 | $449,300 | $5.96 | $2,678 | 1977 |
| Peru | 814 | $267,800 | $16.09 | $4,309 | 1979 |
| Pittsfield | 43,927 | $256,500 | $17.50 | $4,516 | 1950 |
| Richmond | 1,407 | $531,400 | $10.25 | $5,447 | 1968 |
| Sandisfield | 989 | $407,100 | $7.89 | $3,212 | 1980 |
| Savoy | 645 | $207,950 | $14.52 | $3,019 | 1979 |
| Sheffield | 3,327 | $396,250 | $11.82 | $4,719 | 1973 |
| Stockbridge | 2,018 | $702,200 | $6.79 | $4,891 | 1955 |
| Tyringham | 427 | $563,500 | $6.63 | $3,736 | 1978 |
| Washington | 494 | $336,450 | $13.82 | $4,650 | 1978 |
| West Stockbridge | 1,343 | $535,700 | $10.34 | $5,629 | 1975 |
| Williamstown | 7,513 | $466,450 | $14.20 | $6,728 | 1952 |
| Windsor | 831 | $289,650 | $9.43 | $2,731 | 1975 |
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 September 19, 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.
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.