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“Where can I build?”

Where can you build, and what will the land fight you on? Utilities and constraints town by town, the permit record since the survey covered all 101, and the tax context a pro-forma needs. For a specific parcel, the live check reads the state's maps point-by-point.

Every town's address-check page runs the live parcel lookup, flood zone, wetlands, protected land, habitat, against the Commonwealth's services.

Every table sorts on click, filters, downloads as CSV with the same definitions, and carries a copy-ready citation.

Utilities and Constraints

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Service facts that decide what a parcel can do, gas main, town fibre, flood mapping status, high-hazard dams.

Utilities and Constraints. Service facts that decide what a parcel can do, gas main, town fibre, flood mapping status, high-hazard dams.
TownGas MainMunicipal FibreMunicipal Light PlantCurrent NFHL MapFlood Map StatusHigh-Hazard DamsWetlands % of Town
AdamsyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries01.4
AgawamyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present18.2
AlfordnoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries04.2
AmherstyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present110
AshfieldnoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries15.5
BecketnoyesnoyesOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries46.6
BelchertownnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present08.9
BernardstonnononoyesUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown03.1
BlandfordnoyesnoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present25.6
BrimfieldnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present08.2
BucklandnonononoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown01.2
CharlemontnoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries00.9
CheshireyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries03.8
ChesternonoyesyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present03.2
ChesterfieldnoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries05.7
ChicopeeyesnoyesyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present25.1
ClarksburgyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present04.2
ColrainnoyesnoyesUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown01.2
ConwaynonononoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown12.3
CummingtonnoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries03
DaltonyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries13.3
DeerfieldyesnononoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown05.6
East LongmeadowyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present09.7
EasthamptonyesnonoyesOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries16.8
EgremontnonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries07.9
ErvingnonononoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown31.5
FloridanononoyesOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries01.5
GillnonononoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown04.9
GoshennoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries26.8
GranbyyesnonoyesOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries012.9
GranvillenononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present13.7
Great BarringtonyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries07.9
GreenfieldyesnononoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown06.8
HadleyyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present09
HampdenyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present08.4
HancocknonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries02
HatfieldyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries012.7
HawleynonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries02.3
HeathnoyesnoyesUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown02.1
HinsdalenonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries515.4
HollandnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present17
HolyokeyesnoyesyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present24.5
HuntingtonnononoyesOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries22.2
LanesboroughyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries15.2
LeeyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries27.3
LenoxyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries211.6
LeverettnoyesnonoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown04.1
LeydennoyesnoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present02.1
LongmeadowyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present012.6
LudlowyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present49.4
MiddlefieldnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present03.5
MonroenononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present11.4
MonsonyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present15.6
MontagueyesnononoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown12.4
MontereynonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries16.6
MontgomerynononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present13.5
Mount WashingtonnononoyesOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries02.2
New AshfordnoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries01.1
New MarlboroughnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present18.1
New SalemnoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries05.1
North AdamsyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries52.5
NorthamptonyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries38
NorthfieldnononoyesUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown13.5
OrangenonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries06.3
OtisnoyesnoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present112.3
PalmeryesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present04.5
PelhamnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present03.9
PerunonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries07
PittsfieldyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries39.4
PlainfieldnoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries03.8
RichmondnonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries010.1
RowenoyesnoyesOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries21.8
RussellnonoyesyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present11.4
SandisfieldnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present77.1
SavoynonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries04.5
SheffieldnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present016.8
ShelburnenonononoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown02.6
ShutesburynoyesnoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present24
South HadleyyesnoyesyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present57.1
SouthamptonnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present14.2
SouthwickyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present07
SpringfieldyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present24.1
StockbridgeyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries113.4
SunderlandyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries02.9
TollandnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present06.7
TyringhamnonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries16.6
WalesnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present07
WarenononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present25.5
WarwicknononoyesUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown05.3
WashingtonnoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries78.3
WendellnoyesnonoUsable flood map unavailable; risk unknown05
West SpringfieldyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present05.5
West StockbridgeyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries17.6
WestfieldyesnoyesyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present34.1
WesthamptonnonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries12.7
WhatelyyesnononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries213.7
WilbrahamyesnonoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present010.5
WilliamsburgnonononoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries14.6
WilliamstownyesnonoyesOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries11.9
WindsornoyesnonoOlder digitised FEMA map; check current boundaries17.8
WorthingtonnononoyesCurrent digital map; flood zones present03.8

The line under each Wetlands % of Town is its margin from this table's middle of 5.2%: left of centre is below it, right of centre is above, and both sides are drawn to the same scale. The middle is this table's own and does not move when you sort. It is a distance, not a position in a league table, and nothing here is ranked.

What These Columns Mean
Town
Municipality
Gas Main
Natural gas serves at least part of the town
Municipal Fibre
Town is in a municipal fibre programme (MBI/Whip City)
Municipal Light Plant
Town-owned electric utility
Current NFHL Map
Current NFHL coverage only; false/null does not exclude older digital mapping. Read with Flood Map Status
Flood Map Status
Current, older digitised, or unavailable mapping. Older Q3 maps are not current regulatory boundaries; unknown mapping is not absent risk
High-Hazard Dams
Dams whose FAILURE would likely cause loss of life, consequence class, not condition
Wetlands % of Town
Wetland share of land area

Cite: RE413. “Utilities and Constraints.” Updated September 19, 2026. https://www.re413.com/pros/builders/, underlying sources at https://www.re413.com/sources/.

Building Permits

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Latest closed-year units from the Census annual place release, including imputation where reports were incomplete. Permits authorise units; they do not establish completion.

Building Permits. Latest closed-year units from the Census annual place release, including imputation where reports were incomplete. Permits authorise units; they do not establish completion.
TownLatest Full YearUnits PermittedUnits, Last 5 Calendar Years
Adams202526
Agawam20252179
Alford202515
Amherst202568331
Ashfield202519
Becket20256084
Belchertown202519170
Bernardston2025416
Blandford202515
Brimfield2025535
Buckland2025114
Charlemont202513
Cheshire2025310
Chester202515
Chesterfield202526
Chicopee20251572
Clarksburg202519
Colrain2025136
Conway2025511
Cummington202515
Dalton202519
Deerfield2025140
East Longmeadow20252098
Easthampton202557221
Egremont2025326
Erving202515
Florida202500
Gill2025213
Goshen202501
Granby2025953
Granville2025310
Great Barrington202512145
Greenfield2025952
Hadley2025240
Hampden2025413
Hancock2025417
Hatfield2025637
Hawley202523
Heath202501
Hinsdale2025215
Holland202502
Holyoke2025102131
Huntington2025214
Lanesborough2025113
Lee2025734
Lenox20251363
Leverett202518
Leyden202502
Longmeadow202528
Ludlow202542200
Middlefield202518
Monroe202500
Monson20251563
Montague2025627
Monterey2025117
Montgomery2025417
Mount Washington202500
New Ashford202502
New Marlborough202515
New Salem2025934
North Adams202519
Northampton202522195
Northfield2025013
Orange2025952
Otis2025116
Palmer2025938
Pelham2025138
Peru202513
Pittsfield20251274
Plainfield2025325
Richmond2025419
Rowe202501
Russell202503
Sandisfield2025013
Savoy2025011
Sheffield2025230
Shelburne202515
Shutesbury202509
South Hadley2025745
Southampton2025024
Southwick20251784
Springfield202519303
Stockbridge2025531
Sunderland202525
Tolland2025418
Tyringham202514
Wales202526
Ware202581428
Warwick202500
Washington2025312
Wendell202544
West Springfield2025632
West Stockbridge2025210
Westfield202533214
Westhampton2025326
Whately202549
Wilbraham202512102
Williamsburg2025624
Williamstown2025539
Windsor202509
Worthington202519

The line under each Units, Last 5 Calendar Years is its margin from this table's middle of 14: left of centre is below it, right of centre is above, and both sides are drawn to the same scale. The middle is this table's own and does not move when you sort. It is a distance, not a position in a league table, and nothing here is ranked.

What These Columns Mean
Town
Municipality
Latest Full Year
Latest closed year in the annual place release
Units Permitted
Total units in that year's permits
Units, Last 5 Calendar Years
Total units over five consecutive calendar years ending in the displayed year, including Census imputation

Cite: RE413. “Building Permits.” Updated September 19, 2026. https://www.re413.com/pros/builders/, underlying sources at https://www.re413.com/sources/.

Property Tax by Town

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Residential rate per $1,000 of assessed value and the annual bill on each town's own median single-family home. CPA = Community Preservation Act surcharge.

Property Tax by Town. Residential rate per $1,000 of assessed value and the annual bill on each town's own median single-family home. CPA = Community Preservation Act surcharge.
TownCountyResidential Rate /$1,000CPA Surcharge %Median SF Value $Tax on Median $/Yr
AdamsBerkshire County15.63No record246,8503,858
AgawamHampden County14.11342,3004,875
AlfordBerkshire County4.07No record1,066,4504,340
AmherstHampshire County16.913537,1009,304
AshfieldFranklin County14.23No record359,5005,116
BecketBerkshire County9.561.5328,2003,170
BelchertownHampshire County15.131.5418,2006,400
BernardstonFranklin County15.2No record303,3004,610
BlandfordHampden County12.57No record344,2004,327
BrimfieldHampden County13.38No record387,9005,190
BucklandFranklin County16.74No record315,3005,278
CharlemontFranklin County16.81No record277,4004,663
CheshireBerkshire County10.58No record305,0003,227
ChesterHampden County18.06No record214,1003,867
ChesterfieldHampshire County15.26No record360,5005,501
ChicopeeHampden County15.24No record287,0004,374
ClarksburgBerkshire County12.29No record211,1002,594
ColrainFranklin County17.82No record245,2004,369
ConwayFranklin County14.283404,8005,911
CummingtonHampshire County12.49No record330,0004,122
DaltonBerkshire County16.87No record315,3005,319
DeerfieldFranklin County13.453424,9005,846
East LongmeadowHampden County19.431344,2006,735
EasthamptonHampshire County13.293394,1005,355
EgremontBerkshire County6.58No record601,4003,957
ErvingFranklin County9.58No record270,5002,591
FloridaBerkshire County8.28No record213,0001,764
GillFranklin County14.91No record292,9004,367
GoshenHampshire County13.53338,0004,700
GranbyHampshire County14.85No record382,3005,677
GranvilleHampden County141.5332,4004,702
Great BarringtonBerkshire County13.243518,0007,024
GreenfieldFranklin County18.641264,6004,963
HadleyHampshire County11.463458,8005,381
HampdenHampden County15.781410,1506,521
HancockBerkshire County2.18No record352,600769
HatfieldHampshire County14.673416,9006,255
HawleyFranklin County16.2No record250,3004,055
HeathFranklin County19.39No record242,9504,711
HinsdaleBerkshire County10.63No record355,7003,781
HollandHampden County12.2No record366,7004,474
HolyokeHampden County17.431262,4504,603
HuntingtonHampshire County14.77No record298,3004,406
LanesboroughBerkshire County17.29No record309,8505,357
LeeBerkshire County11.211.5371,3504,208
LenoxBerkshire County9.853543,8005,488
LeverettFranklin County15.73464,0007,456
LeydenFranklin County14.69No record283,0004,157
LongmeadowHampden County19.321511,7009,966
LudlowHampden County16.01No record332,3005,320
MiddlefieldHampshire County16.88No record234,5503,959
MonroeFranklin County10.13No record146,4001,483
MonsonHampden County14.33348,1005,084
MontagueFranklin County15.13No record302,8004,581
MontereyBerkshire County7.22No record620,8504,483
MontgomeryHampden County11.59No record325,2003,769
Mount WashingtonBerkshire County5.97No record436,0002,603
New AshfordBerkshire County5.66No record442,5002,505
New MarlboroughBerkshire County7.21No record534,1003,851
New SalemFranklin County13.62No record350,5004,774
North AdamsBerkshire County15.97No record191,4503,057
NorthamptonHampshire County13.673504,3507,060
NorthfieldFranklin County13.280.5302,1004,025
OrangeFranklin County16.6No record279,9504,647
OtisBerkshire County5.96No record449,3002,678
PalmerHampden County16.66No record277,9004,630
PelhamHampshire County18.793292,7005,608
PeruBerkshire County16.09No record267,8004,309
PittsfieldBerkshire County17.51256,5004,516
PlainfieldHampshire County17.56No record244,8504,300
RichmondBerkshire County10.25No record531,4005,447
RoweFranklin County5.24No record285,5501,496
RussellHampden County18.42No record287,6005,298
SandisfieldBerkshire County7.89No record407,1003,212
SavoyBerkshire County14.52No record207,9503,019
SheffieldBerkshire County11.821396,2504,719
ShelburneFranklin County12.793364,9004,769
ShutesburyFranklin County16.211.5385,4006,317
South HadleyHampshire County13.52No record366,5004,955
SouthamptonHampshire County13.113448,4006,016
SouthwickHampden County14.423342,8005,048
SpringfieldHampden County15.461.5267,9004,181
StockbridgeBerkshire County6.793702,2004,891
SunderlandFranklin County12.443396,4505,042
TollandHampden County7.95No record326,8502,598
TyringhamBerkshire County6.63No record563,5003,736
WalesHampden County14.13No record298,0004,211
WareHampshire County14.49No record289,6004,196
WarwickFranklin County16.54No record245,6004,062
WashingtonBerkshire County13.82No record336,4504,650
WendellFranklin County20.5No record246,3005,049
West SpringfieldHampden County14.021292,0004,121
West StockbridgeBerkshire County10.342535,7005,629
WestfieldHampden County14.931321,8004,838
WesthamptonHampshire County20.35No record305,7006,221
WhatelyFranklin County13.073419,0505,602
WilbrahamHampden County17.451.5429,0007,572
WilliamsburgHampshire County16.01No record393,7006,303
WilliamstownBerkshire County14.22466,4506,728
WindsorBerkshire County9.43No record289,6502,731
WorthingtonHampshire County13.93No record350,3004,880

The line under each Residential Rate /$1,000 is its margin from this table's middle of $14.20: left of centre is below it, right of centre is above, and both sides are drawn to the same scale. The middle is this table's own and does not move when you sort. It is a distance, not a position in a league table, and nothing here is ranked.

What These Columns Mean
Town
Municipality
County
County
Residential Rate /$1,000
FY residential tax rate per $1,000 assessed
CPA Surcharge %
Community Preservation Act surcharge on the tax bill; null = not adopted
Median SF Value $
Median assessed single-family value, this fiscal year
Tax on Median $/Yr
Annual tax on the median single-family home incl. CPA

Cite: RE413. “Property Tax by Town.” Updated September 19, 2026. https://www.re413.com/pros/builders/, underlying sources at https://www.re413.com/sources/.

Built for These Too

The same 101 towns, cut for a different job.

Sources

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