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What is the residential tax rate in Cambridge, MA?

Charles Cherney

Passionate about teaching after graduating from Harvard, I ultimately found myself drawn into the world of real estate in Cambridge and Somerville...

Passionate about teaching after graduating from Harvard, I ultimately found myself drawn into the world of real estate in Cambridge and Somerville...

Jan 14 2 minutes read

What is the 2024 residential tax rate in Cambridge, MA?

For fiscal year 2024, the residential tax rate in Cambridge, MA is $5.92 per $1,000 of assessed value.

The 2024 residential tax rate in Cambridge reflects an increase from 2023 of 6 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, or 1%.

For fiscal year 2024, the residential exemption is $493,012. The full residential exemption reduces a homeowner's taxes by $3,006.19 in 2024.

The residential exemption is for owners who reside in their Cambridge property and file a Massachusetts income tax return using that address. 

You are eligible for a residential exemption if you owned and occupied your property as your primary residence as of January 1, 2023.

More than two-thirds of residential properties in Cambridge are owner-occupied.

Click here to enter the Cambridge Property Database to look up any Cambridge property

City of Cambridge residential tax rate information from 1998 through 2020.

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