Taxes & Insurance in Scituate
Scituate applies a genuinely above-average local property tax rate on top of Rhode Island's real 2026 statewide tax structure, this record discloses directly.
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Learn moreScituate's above-statewide-average property tax rate
Ownwell cites Scituate's effective property tax rate at approximately 1.73%, above both Rhode Island's own ~1.35% statewide average and the 1.02% national median, with a median annual tax bill of ~$4,780 (base record).
Rhode Island's real 2026 income tax and no-local-add-on sales tax
Rhode Island's individual income tax runs a three-bracket structure topping out at 5.99% for 2026, with a flat 7% statewide sales tax and no local add-ons (base record).
A real, disclosed insurance data gap
No Scituate-specific homeowners-insurance premium figure was found this pass; this record uses Rhode Island's own statewide $1,932-$2,196/year range, while noting Scituate's inland position plausibly runs at or below that average (base record).
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Key takeaways
- Scituate's ~1.73% effective property tax rate runs above Rhode Island's own statewide average.
- Rhode Island's top income tax rate is a real, current 5.99% (2026), with a flat 7% sales tax and no local add-ons.
- No Scituate-specific insurance figure was found this pass -- Rhode Island's statewide range applies.
- Confirm current, address-specific tax and insurance figures directly.
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