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Originally Posted by TomC
I was surprised to read that Alton taxes were low compared to the rest of the state, because my initial reaction would be that this would not be the case.
if you look here: http://www.teamjacksonre.com/images/2007taxrates.pdf
you will see that Alton is about is in the middle of the pack with a rate of $10.57 |
Let me add/amend that it's "
one of the lowest in the Lakes Region"
I can't easily work with the data in the table you provided but I can tell you there's only four other towns in the Lakes Region with taxes lower than Alton. Alton is at $10.57 - not the median at all. There are 142 towns on your list and 16 of them do not pay property tax because they're a "purchase", "notch", or other similar listing. That means there are 126 towns contributing taxes. There are only twenty-five out of the 126 towns on that list that have property taxes lower than Alton in 2007 and five of those towns (including Alton) are in the Lakes Region. That means that Alton is in the top fifth of the towns in the state for the lowest taxes.