Chester Property Tax
Chester charges $18.06 per $1,000 of assessed value for fiscal 2026. On the town's median single-family home, assessed at $214,100, that is about $3,867 a year. Rates are set by the town and certified to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.
The Rate, Year by Year
A rate is not a bill: it moves when the town's total assessed value moves, so a falling rate can sit alongside a rising bill. Both charts are below for that reason.
Chester Residential Tax Rate
$18.06Fiscal 2026, per $1,000 of assessed value. Hover to read any year.
Since fiscal 2003 the rate has run between $16.33 and $21.00, peaking in fiscal 2019. The median rate across all 101 towns in Western Massachusetts is $14.20, and across Hampden County it is $14.93.
The Bill on an Average Home
Chester Tax on an Average Single-Family Home
$4,458Fiscal 2026. Hover to read any year.
This series uses the town's AVERAGE single-family value as reported to the Division of Local Services, which is a different figure from the median assessment above. Averages sit above medians wherever a few expensive properties pull them up.
What Else Is on the Bill
- Split rate: Chester applies a single rate to all classes of property, so businesses and homes pay the same rate per $1,000.
- Community Preservation surcharge: Not adopted, so nothing is added to the bill for it.
- What the rate does not tell you: the assessment is the town's number, not the market's. A house that sells for more than its assessment is taxed on the assessment until the town revalues.
For a specific price rather than the town median, the tax calculator runs it for any figure in any of the 101 towns. For a specific property, check the address and the assessment on file is the one the bill is computed from.
Hampden County Tax Rates, Fiscal 2026
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Every town in the county with its certified residential rate, its median single-family assessment, and the annual tax that combination produces. Sortable by any column; sort order is yours and implies no ranking.
| Town | Residential Rate | Median Assessment | Tax on That Home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agawam | $14.10 | $342,300 | $4,875 |
| Blandford | $12.57 | $344,200 | $4,327 |
| Brimfield | $13.38 | $387,900 | $5,190 |
| Chester | $18.06 | $214,100 | $3,867 |
| Chicopee | $15.24 | $287,000 | $4,374 |
| East Longmeadow | $19.43 | $344,200 | $6,735 |
| Granville | $14.00 | $332,400 | $4,702 |
| Hampden | $15.78 | $410,150 | $6,521 |
| Holland | $12.20 | $366,700 | $4,474 |
| Holyoke | $17.43 | $262,450 | $4,603 |
| Longmeadow | $19.32 | $511,700 | $9,966 |
| Ludlow | $16.01 | $332,300 | $5,320 |
| Monson | $14.30 | $348,100 | $5,084 |
| Montgomery | $11.59 | $325,200 | $3,769 |
| Palmer | $16.66 | $277,900 | $4,630 |
| Russell | $18.42 | $287,600 | $5,298 |
| Southwick | $14.42 | $342,800 | $5,048 |
| Springfield | $15.46 | $267,900 | $4,181 |
| Tolland | $7.95 | $326,850 | $2,598 |
| Wales | $14.13 | $298,000 | $4,211 |
| West Springfield | $14.02 | $292,000 | $4,121 |
| Westfield | $14.93 | $321,800 | $4,838 |
| Wilbraham | $17.45 | $429,000 | $7,572 |
What These Columns Mean
- Town
- Towns in the same county, for comparison on a like basis.
- Residential Rate
- Dollars of tax per $1,000 of assessed value, fiscal 2026, as certified to the Division of Local Services.
- Median Assessment
- The town's median single-family assessed value, from its own roll.
- Tax on That Home
- The rate applied to that median assessment. An illustration of a typical bill, not any particular property's bill.
Cite: RE413. “Hampden County Tax Rates, Fiscal 2026.” Updated August 5, 2026. https://www.re413.com/towns/chester-ma/property-tax/, underlying sources at https://www.re413.com/sources/.
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Sources
- Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services. Chester's certified residential tax rate and the average single-family bill, by fiscal year. Figures through FY2026 certifications.
- MassGIS standardized assessors' parcels. The median single-family assessed value the bill illustration is computed on.
- Community Preservation Coalition. Whether the town has adopted the surcharge, at what percentage, and with what exemption.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.