Taxes in Edgartown
Edgartown's property-tax RATE is genuinely, substantially low -- even below Nantucket's own comparably low rate -- but the resulting BILL still runs substantial given the town's elevated home values.
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Learn moreA genuinely low effective property tax rate, among Massachusetts's lowest
Edgartown's FY2026 residential rate ran $2.48 per $1,000 of assessed value -- an effective rate of roughly 0.27%, genuinely below the Massachusetts statewide median and even below Nantucket's own low rate (~0.31%).
The rate-vs-bill mechanic still applies
Applied against Edgartown's genuinely elevated home values, even this low rate produces a real, substantial annual dollar tax bill -- confirm the actual current bill for a specific target property directly.
Massachusetts's flat income tax, plus a real, more relevant surtax
Massachusetts's flat 5% state income tax and 6.25% sales tax apply in Edgartown exactly as statewide -- but the real 4% 'millionaires tax' surtax above $1,107,750 of taxable income is genuinely more likely to be relevant to a meaningful share of Edgartown's affluent buyer pool than in most other Massachusetts Tier A markets.
Key takeaways
- Edgartown's effective property tax rate (~0.27%) is among the lowest in Massachusetts, below even Nantucket's.
- That low rate still produces a substantial dollar bill given Edgartown's elevated home values.
- Massachusetts's 4% millionaires-tax surtax is genuinely more relevant here than in most other MA Tier A markets.
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