Demographics
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Socioeconomic Information
Bond Ratings
Fiscal Year 2013 Estimated Cherry Sheet Aid
Fiscal Year 2013 Tax Classification
Fiscal Year 2013 Revenue by Source
Fiscal Year 2013 Proposition 2 1/2 Levy Capacity
Other Available Funds
Fiscal Year 2013 Average Single Family Tax Bill*
*Whitman issues tax bills on a quarterly basis. For the communities granting the residential exemptions, DLS does not collect enough information to calculate an average single family tax bill. In fiscal year 2013, those communities are Barnstable, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Nantucket, Somerville, Somerset, Tisbury, Waltham, and Watertown. Therefore, the average single family tax bill information in this report will be blank.
State Average Single Family Tax Bill
Fiscal Year 2012 Schedule A - Actual Revenues & Expenditures
Total Revenues & Expenditures Per Capita
This data only represents the revenues and expenditures occurring in these funds and does not reflect transfers to or from other funds. Therefore, this data should not be used to calculate an ending fund balance.
Questions
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Socioeconomic Information
Category | Value |
County | Plymouth |
School Structure |
No data |
Form of Government |
Open Town Meeting |
2010 Population |
14,489 |
2011 Labor Force |
8,303 |
2011 Unemployment |
8% |
2009 DOR Income Per Capita |
$25,245 |
2009 Housing Units per square mile |
733.33 |
2011 Road Miles |
54.37 |
EQV Per Capita (2010 EQV / 2010 Population) |
102,924 |
2012 Number of Registered Vehicles |
12,693 |
2012 Number of Registered Voters |
9,584 |
Bond Ratings
Type | Rating |
Moody's Bond Ratings as of December 2012 |
Aa3 |
Standard and Poor's Bond Ratings as of December 2012 |
AA- |
Fiscal Year 2013 Estimated Cherry Sheet Aid
Type |
Amount |
Education Aid |
$118,716 |
General Government |
$2,216,484 |
Total Receipts |
$2,335,200 |
Total Assessments |
$174,877 |
Net State Aid |
$2,160,323 |
Fiscal Year 2013 Tax Classification
Tax Classification |
Assessed Values |
Tax Levy |
Tax Rate |
Residential | $1,145,950,220 | $18,094,554 |
15.79% |
Open Space |
$0 | $0 | 0 |
Commercial | $80,310,603 | $1,268,104 | 15.79% |
Industrial | $19,604,296 | $309,552 | 15.79% |
Personal Property |
$30,170,259 | $476,388 | 15.79% |
Total | $1,276,035,378 | $20,148,598 | |
Fiscal Year 2013 Revenue by Source
Revenue Source |
Amount | Percent of Total |
Tax Levy |
$20,148,599 | 62.69% |
State Aid |
$2,335,200 | 7.27% |
Local Receipts |
$7,218,689 | 22.46% |
Other Available |
$2,436,523 | 7.58% |
Total | $32,139,011 | |
Fiscal Year 2013 Proposition 2 1/2 Levy Capacity
Category | Value |
New Growth |
$88,026 |
Override | $440,160 |
Debt Exclusion |
$1,152,211 |
Levy Limit |
$20,153,412 |
Excess Capacity |
$4,814 |
Ceiling | $31,900,884 |
Override Capacity |
$12,899,683 |
Other Available Funds
Type | Amount |
Free Cash as of July 1, 2012 |
$1,791,075 |
Fiscal Year 2012 Stabilization Fund |
$2,514,768 |
Fiscal Year 2013 Overlay Reserve |
$156,752 |
Fiscal Year 2013 Average Single Family Tax Bill*
Category | Value |
Number of Single Family Parcels |
3,303 |
Assessed Value of Single Family |
$256,735 |
Average Single Family Tax Bill |
$4,054 |
*Whitman issues tax bills on a quarterly basis. For the communities granting the residential exemptions, DLS does not collect enough information to calculate an average single family tax bill. In fiscal year 2013, those communities are Barnstable, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Nantucket, Somerville, Somerset, Tisbury, Waltham, and Watertown. Therefore, the average single family tax bill information in this report will be blank.
State Average Single Family Tax Bill
Year | Average |
Fiscal Year 2011 | $4,537 |
Fiscal Year 2012 | $4,711 |
Fiscal Year 2013 | $4,875 |
Fiscal Year 2012 Schedule A - Actual Revenues & Expenditures
Category |
General Fund | Special Revenue | Capital Projects | Enterprise Funds | Trust Revenue | Total All Funds |
Revenues | $25,998,320 | $908,046 | $400,911 | $4,376,971 | $50,843 | $31,735,091 |
Expenditures | $24,536,791 | $190,685 | $1,761,793 | $2,964,423 | $11,771 | $29,465,463 |
Police | $2,681,304 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,681,304 |
Fire | $2,510,628 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,510,628 |
Education | $11,012,949 | |
|
$0 | $0 | $11,012,949 |
Public Works | $1,906,894 | $0 | $393,023 | $2,964,423 | $0 | $5,264,340 |
Debt Service | $1,147,817 | |
|
|
|
$1,147,817 |
Health Ins | $1,206,694 | |
|
|
|
$1,206,694 |
Pension | $1,320,014 | |
|
|
|
$1,320,014 |
All Other | $2,750,491 | $190,685 | $1,368,770 | $0 | $11,771 | $4,321,717 |
Total Revenues & Expenditures Per Capita
Category |
General Fund |
Special Revenue |
Capital Projects |
Enterprise Funds |
Trust Revenue |
Total of All Funds |
Revenues | 1,794.3 | 62.7 | 27.7 | 302.1 | 3.5 | 2,190.3 |
Expenditures | 1693.5 | 13.2 | 121.6 | 204.6 | .8 |
2,033.6 |
This data only represents the revenues and expenditures occurring in these funds and does not reflect transfers to or from other funds. Therefore, this data should not be used to calculate an ending fund balance.
Questions
If you have questions regarding the data contained in this report, please contact the Municipal Databank / Local Aid Section by calling 617-626-2384.