Taxes & Insurance in Great Barrington
Great Barrington carries a genuinely elevated property tax rate for a Massachusetts town, Massachusetts's own statewide flat income tax and simple sales tax, and genuinely below-average homeowners insurance costs.
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Learn moreA real, elevated property tax rate
Great Barrington's FY2026 rate ($13.24/$1,000, ~1.32% effective) runs above Massachusetts's own statewide effective-rate range (1.00%-1.17%, per the state hub record), producing a real, directly reported $6,778.22 bill on the town's own median assessed home value of $511,950 -- a 55-cent-per-$1,000 decrease from the prior fiscal year, though the Berkshire Eagle notes bills can still rise as values increase.
Massachusetts's statewide flat income tax and surtax apply here as everywhere
Massachusetts's real flat 5% state income tax (with the additional 4% surtax on taxable income above $1,107,750) and uniform 6.25% sales tax apply in Great Barrington exactly as they do statewide -- see the state hub record for the full disclosure.
Genuinely below-average homeowners insurance
Berkshire County homeowners insurance runs approximately $859-$1,165 annually, genuinely below both the cited Massachusetts statewide average ($1,932/year) and the national average ($3,467/year) -- a real cost advantage distinct from Cape Cod's elevated coastal premiums documented elsewhere in this dataset.
Key takeaways
- FY2026 effective property tax rate (~1.32%) runs above Massachusetts's own 1.00%-1.17% statewide range.
- On the town's own median assessed home value, the resulting bill is a real, directly reported $6,778.22.
- Massachusetts's statewide flat 5% income tax (plus the 4% surtax above $1,107,750) and 6.25% sales tax apply here as everywhere in the state.
- Berkshire County homeowners insurance (~$859-$1,165/year) runs genuinely below both state and national averages.
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