Supplemental Material: Reflections on “Belmont’s Fiscal Cliff”
Belmont and surrounding cities and towns – demographic and economic profile |
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| Population, July 1, 2021; US census bureau | School population 2021-2021; per Mass DOE | School population / total population | Percent <18 years (census) | % of <18 population in public schools | Percent 65 or older (census) | Median household income in 2020 $ | Residential property tax rate (per $1000) | Commercial property tax rate (per $1000) | Tax rate ratio: commercial: residential | Area (square miles) | |
| Cambridge | 117,090 | 6,678 | 5.70% | 12.4 | 45.99% | 11.6 | $107,490 | 5.92 | 11.23 | 1.90 | 7.1 |
| Medford | 62,098 | 3,943 | 6.35% | 13.1 | 48.47% | 14.4 | $101,168 | 9.01 | 17.23 | 1.91 | 8.7 |
| Watertown | 35,149 | 2,526 | 7.19% | 14.4 | 49.91% | 16.9 | $100,434 | 13.25 | 21.28 | 1.61 | 4.1 |
| Waltham | 64,015 | 5,507 | 8.60% | 13.7 | 62.79% | 14.5 | $95,851 | 11.14 | 22.88 | 2.05 | 13.8 |
| Dedham | 25,240 | 2,556 | 10.13% | 18.5 | 54.74% | 19.4 | $101,780 | 13.35 | 27.93 | 2.09 | 10.7 |
| Woburn | 41,056 | 4,279 | 10.42% | 19.3 | 54.00% | 16.1 | $92,084 | 9.34 | 22.77 | 2.44 | 12.9 |
| Brookline | 62,726 | 6,891 | 10.99% | 19 | 57.82% | 16 | $113,642 | 10.19 | 16.56 | 1.63 | 6.8 |
| Arlington | 45,617 | 5,755 | 12.62% | 21.3 | 59.23% | 16.1 | $114,576 | 11.42 | 11.42 | 1 | 5.5 |
| Burlington | 25,989 | 3,388 | 13.04% | 18.7 | 69.71% | 22 | $121,433 | 9.95 | 26.64 | 2.68 | 11.9 |
| MASSACHUSETTS | 6,984,723 | 911,529 | 13.05% | 19.5 | 66.92% | 17.4 | $84,385 | ||||
| Newton | 87,453 | 12,024 | 13.75% | 21.3 | 64.55% | 18.3 | $154,398 | 10.52 | 19.95 | 1.90 | 18.2 |
| Wellesley | 30,191 | 4,432 | 14.68% | 25.3 | 58.02% | 14.3 | $213,684 | 11.68 | 11.68 | 1 | 10.5 |
| Lincoln | 6,890 | 1,048 | 15.21% | 28 | 54.32% | 19.4 | $140,888 | 14.93 | 20.77 | 1.39 | 15 |
| Milton | 28,388 | 4,355 | 15.34% | 24.7 | 62.11% | 15.8 | $141,050 | 12.47 | 19.12 | 1.53 | 13.3 |
| Belmont | 26,838 | 4,356 | 16.23% | 25.5 | 63.65% | 17.2 | $140,500 | 11.56 | 11.56 | 1 | 4.7 |
| Weston | 11,666 | 1,906 | 16.34% | 25.9 | 63.08% | 20.8 | $206,250 | 12.81 | 12.81 | 1 | 17.3 |
| Needham | 32,048 | 5,483 | 17.11% | 27.3 | 62.67% | 19.5 | $174,707 | 13.37 | 26.43 | 1.98 | 12.7 |
| Bedford | 14,155 | 2,602 | 18.38% | 23.6 | 77.89% | 17 | $133,824 | 17.66 | 17.66 | 1 | 13.9 |
| Wayland | 13,724 | 2,700 | 19.67% | 26.3 | 74.80% | 18 | $192,632 | 18.35 | 18.35 | 1 | 15.9 |
| Winchester | 22,662 | 4,496 | 19.84% | 27.9 | 71.11% | 18.3 | $173,058 | 12.51 | 11.89 | 0.95 | 6.3 |
| Lexington | 34,071 | 6,901 | 20.25% | 27 | 75.02% | 20.5 | $185,686 | 13.8 | 27.18 | 1.97 | 16.5 |