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Relocation, Employers & HR

“Where should our people live?”

Where should your people live? The practical geography: internet that supports remote work (town fibre included), heating and utility reality, values and taxes, the housing stock they would actually be buying into.

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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/relocation/, underlying sources at https://www.re413.com/sources/.

Housing Stock and Vacancy

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2020 census counts. Vacancy ALWAYS travels with its seasonal share: a high rate with a high seasonal share is a second-home market, not abandonment.

Housing Stock and Vacancy. 2020 census counts. Vacancy ALWAYS travels with its seasonal share: a high rate with a high seasonal share is a second-home market, not abandonment.
TownHousing Units 2020Vacant %Seasonal Share of Vacant %Owner-Occupied %Median Year Built
Adams4,33611.97.260.41939
Agawam12,3613.710.573.21965
Alford33732.690.990.31976
Amherst10,74896.644.11968
Ashfield88012.473.482.41972
Becket1,68747.292.691.21976
Belchertown6,35742282.31988
Bernardston9674.828.382.21971
Blandford57611.350.892.21963
Brimfield1,67210.544.9881983
Buckland9069.437.675.51945
Charlemont64416.86375.41970
Cheshire1,5398.54285.71970
Chester6221455.283.71945
Chesterfield61813.380.589.91974
Chicopee25,5445.64.456.91956
Clarksburg7497.722.486.51952
Colrain79614.454.884.71966
Conway8259.238.289.91979
Cummington47716.66280.21969
Dalton2,9287.139.773.81955
Deerfield2,2927.418.273.61971
East Longmeadow6,3713.713.185.51962
Easthampton7,8494.217.8601970
Egremont94132.679.583.91973
Erving7033.825.978.41952
Florida3629.145.588.81969
Gill70012.95076.91967
Goshen59327.393.287.21969
Granby2,4983.910.386.11966
Granville6567.64291.11972
Great Barrington3,68617.957.9621950
Greenfield8,6466.11354.71940
Hadley2,3365.312.167.71971
Hampden2,0083.14.8911966
Hancock99866.695.583.21970
Hatfield1,6344.717.171.51965
Hawley18824.576.188.71968
Heath57847.196.792.51975
Hinsdale1,12622.67882.81968
Holland1,40522.182.689.11968
Holyoke16,8748.13.340.21950
Huntington1,03015.657.881.41969
Lanesborough1,48912.662.885.21958
Lee3,39823.774.765.51960
Lenox3,18423.771.965.31959
Leverett8276.936.884.41975
Leyden3407.96392.31979
Longmeadow5,9673.616.789.11957
Ludlow8,75541075.71964
Middlefield21519.16194.81974
Monroe803087.580.41960
Monson3,5545.115.382.21974
Montague4,1125.413.259.51954
Monterey88343.589.6821977
Montgomery35147.192.91974
Mount Washington17353.854.8951972
New Ashford12612.762.579.11976
New Marlborough99731.983.686.21975
New Salem4607.236.488.31979
North Adams6,87114.311.951.61925
Northampton13,6686.414.4551954
Northfield1,40712.954.479.51956
Orange3,5449.33667.81950
Otis1,6095291.688.61977
Palmer5,8546.96.465.71960
Pelham5745.213.3821969
Peru41617.373.696.51979
Pittsfield21,7389.325.258.91950
Plainfield33514.96288.41974
Richmond88528.28889.61968
Rowe24524.970.5881960
Russell703821.480.41970
Sandisfield65940.582.891.81980
Savoy3501658.993.21979
Sheffield1,7661665.476.31973
Shelburne1,0017.648.762.61952
Shutesbury85315.169.8841975
South Hadley7,4394.917.773.81956
Southampton2,5514.128.687.21980
Southwick4,115726.680.51970
Springfield62,7826.43.247.21951
Stockbridge1,63341.282.369.21955
Sunderland1,7713.8047.41983
Tolland50155.99592.81979
Tyringham28939.479.889.71978
Wales89615.565.583.21970
Ware4,7559.118.465.81971
Warwick40515.865.690.61970
Washington27020.766.192.11978
Wendell4488.720.584.41980
West Springfield12,885510.257.21955
West Stockbridge85227.579.9851975
Westfield16,8695.88.866.71964
Westhampton74711.478.8921976
Whately7275.624.483.51976
Wilbraham5,7123.516.887.71964
Williamsburg1,1967.319.576.61953
Williamstown3,00916.352.369.11952
Windsor47322.884.394.21975
Worthington62512.263.288.31972

The line under each Vacant % is its margin from this table's middle of 11.3%: 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
Housing Units 2020
All housing units, April 2020 count
Vacant %
Vacant share of all units, 2020 count, read WITH the seasonal share
Seasonal Share of Vacant %
Share of vacant units held for seasonal/recreational use, the figure that stops the vacancy rate lying
Owner-Occupied %
Owner share of occupied units, 2020 count
Median Year Built
Median build year of single-family parcels (surviving stock)

Cite: RE413. “Housing Stock and Vacancy.” Updated September 19, 2026. https://www.re413.com/pros/relocation/, 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/relocation/, 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.