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CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenues:
Property taxes, net of tax refunds…………………………………………………….
$ 63,767,588 $ 67,223,724 $ 71,943,571 $ 74,255,762 $ 78,939,407 $ 84,820,110 $ 85,240,433 $ 90,305,041 $ 94,071,642 $ 98,291,550
Tax title……………………………………………………………………………. 351,721 147,456 172,988 297,266 235,221 221,451 148,855 222,957 163,001 217,557
Motor vehicle and other excise taxes………………………………………… 4,119,643 4,555,904 4,505,384 4,703,198 4,560,311 5,057,570 5,014,394 5,290,490 5,644,166 6,173,577
Hotel and meals taxes…………………………………………………… 581,621 601,227 593,076 603,821 568,692 421,813 718,256 1,023,603 1,256,370 1,275,654
Charges for services……………………………………………………… 1,627,494 1,747,854 2,028,754 2,108,925 1,725,842 1,128,924 1,606,246 1,569,856 1,707,556 1,909,983
Penalties and interest on taxes………………………………………310,740 254,164 314,625 364,795 240,078 382,088 284,510 313,655 346,951 415,092
Payments in lieu of taxes…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
222,149 225,405 231,040 236,816 254,165 281,830 1,882,844 1,937,379 1,993,518 2,051,307
Fines and forfeitures…………………………………………… 113,467 119,540 92,821 114,905 54,683 53,018 39,461 58,206 73,073 65,325
Intergovernmental…………………………………………………….. 16,564,548 19,102,008 20,785,945 22,693,271 27,275,657 32,930,006 25,579,266 29,653,558 35,323,650 33,837,856
Intergovernmental - school construction grants……………………………………..
1,206,545 - - 600,762 - - - - - -
Departmental and other………………………………………………. 4,119,749 4,506,265 3,539,653 4,423,606 5,020,499 3,911,882 4,329,962 5,139,087 4,840,717 4,703,352
Licenses and permits……………………………………….. 1,282,441 1,035,070 1,142,116 1,235,156 1,422,462 1,944,522 1,609,982 1,725,661 1,248,352 1,359,485
Contributions……………………………………………………………. 1,245,410 488,456 857,270 482,910 422,661 407,235 541,992 694,522 1,520,290 973,454
Investment income……………………………………………………….. 171,180 198,226 301,356 456,202 1,406,002 916,965 236,315 2,131,346 3,654,987 3,491,401
Total Revenue…………………………………………………
95,684,296 100,205,299 106,508,599 112,577,395 122,125,680 132,477,414 127,232,516 140,065,361 151,844,273 154,765,593
Expenditures:
General government…………………………………………………………….
3,980,026 3,936,471 3,938,757 3,480,942 4,970,542 7,045,493 4,743,725 6,168,319 5,507,155 6,284,608
Public safety……………………………………………………………… 10,724,190 11,138,061 11,386,263 12,781,717 13,794,925 13,921,079 14,780,385 15,644,781 16,061,101 16,277,216
Education………………………………………………………………… 40,479,930 42,896,291 44,863,583 47,531,743 51,595,264 53,745,167 58,470,260 62,152,136 69,696,450 68,458,296
Public works…………………………………………………………….. 5,515,513 5,592,699 5,494,358 5,665,258 5,803,062 6,367,394 6,380,865 6,557,800 7,816,405 8,659,088
Health and human services…………………………………………………………..
1,182,773 1,106,152 1,152,349 1,105,044 1,093,693 1,060,440 1,317,046 1,212,226 1,503,791 1,616,656
Culture and recreation…………………………………………………2,062,646 2,647,844 2,493,339 2,587,654 2,700,234 2,350,181 3,144,400 3,211,664 3,469,529 3,917,388
Pension benefits…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7,321,245 9,802,225 12,480,279 13,538,094 16,800,589 18,871,543 13,094,149 14,084,015 16,398,670 14,921,454
Employee benefits…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,675,327 11,482,452 12,083,049 13,061,838 13,448,532 13,699,142 13,972,775 14,112,017 14,555,769 15,191,277
State and county charges………………………………………… 944,583 927,338 995,573 1,015,303 1,186,662 1,424,853 1,461,597 1,513,485 1,504,688 1,531,897
Capital outlay and other……………………………………………………………….
8,445,932 6,844,641 5,203,195 5,138,643 8,496,602 3,650,678 6,478,828 10,424,335 10,532,956 16,795,062
Debt service:
Principal……………………………………………………………… 3,819,900 3,931,624 3,821,850 3,871,933 3,884,816 4,370,415 3,892,822 4,000,576 3,807,391 3,501,211
Interest……………………………………………………………………. 1,166,454 1,061,042 970,237 995,903 957,771 1,074,194 927,000 1,007,022 1,175,108 1,179,996
Total Expenditures………………………………………………………..
97,318,519 101,366,840 104,882,832 110,774,072 124,732,692 127,580,579 128,663,852 140,088,376 152,029,013 158,334,149
Excess of revenues over (under) expenditures…………………………………………………
(1,634,223) (1,161,541) 1,625,767 1,803,323 (2,607,012) 4,896,835 (1,431,336) (23,015) (184,740) (3,568,556)
Other Financing Sources (Uses):
Issuance of refunding bonds…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- 515,000 1,596,000 414,000 - 2,060,000 - - - -
Payments of refunded bonds…………………………………………………………….. - (526,148) (1,619,000) (446,000) - (2,305,382) - - - -
Issuance of bonds and notes………………...………………………………………… 2,861,150 1,367,000 5,455,000 1,792,000 7,700,000 742,000 6,265,500 7,379,500 3,438,500 -
Premium from bonds and notes………………...………………………………………… 153,042 11,148 305,990 246,871 969,603 357,079 584,771 773,330 225,886 -
Capital lease financing…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
104,250 - - - - - - - - -
Insurance recoveries……………………………………………………………………………… - 2,354,811 - - - - - - - -
Sale of capital assets…............................................................. - - - - - - - 216,900 - -
Transfers in……………………………………………………………………………… 1,856,376 2,294,746 2,421,242 2,829,878 2,845,110 1,963,219 3,496,749 3,394,317 6,729,502 7,065,692
Transfers out…………………………………………………………………………… (1,856,376) (4,119,493) (2,387,200) (3,329,878) (3,810,339) (2,653,826) (3,082,911) (4,630,939) (7,600,219) (7,312,821)
Total other financing sources (uses)…………………………………………………………………..
3,118,442 1,897,064 5,772,032 1,506,871 7,704,374 163,090 7,264,109 7,133,108 2,793,669 (247,129)
Net change in fund balance………………………………………………………………….
$ 1,484,219 $ 735,523 $ 7,397,799 $ 3,310,194 $ 5,097,362 $ 5,059,925 $ 5,832,773 $ 7,110,093 $ 2,608,929 $ (3,815,685)
Debt service as a percentage of noncapital expenditures……………………………………………….
5.61% 5.28% 4.81% 4.61% 4.17% 4.39% 3.94% 3.86% 3.52% 3.31%
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ASSESSED VALUE AND ESTIMATED ACTUAL VALUE OF TAXABLE PROPERTY BY CLASSIFICATION AND TAX RATES
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Assessed Value Tax Rates
Ratio of
Total Total State Assessed to
Fiscal Residential Commercial Industrial Personal Commercial Town Equalized Equalized Residential Commercial Average
Year Value Value Value Property Value Value Value Value Tax Rate Tax Rate Tax Rate
2016 $ 3,367,549,515 $ 443,366,255 $ 349,329,400 $ 160,467,160 $ 953,162,815 $ 4,320,712,330 $ 4,083,657,900 105.80% $ 12.79 $ 26.36 $ 15.78
2017 3,508,576,688 459,186,222 358,855,200 171,786,770 989,828,192 4,498,404,880 4,615,563,300 97.46% 12.79 26.34 15.77
2018 3,633,566,271 536,026,099 402,226,020 177,246,290 1,115,498,409 4,749,064,680 4,615,563,300 102.89% 12.42 25.86 15.58
2019 3,824,234,297 557,405,693 426,392,980 181,040,100 1,164,838,773 4,989,073,070 5,111,198,800 97.61% 12.40 25.77 15.52
2020 4,013,357,852 583,890,748 450,496,780 188,409,290 1,222,796,818 5,236,154,670 5,111,198,800 102.44% 12.23 25.42 15.31
2021 4,215,106,958 633,577,432 508,267,600 238,049,450 1,379,894,482 5,595,001,440 5,664,784,600 98.77% 12.20 24.29 15.18
2022 4,713,072,560 615,527,130 561,454,040 234,720,080 1,411,701,250 6,124,773,810 5,664,784,600 108.12% 11.35 24.18 14.31
2023 5,224,524,319 661,494,791 756,909,640 249,979,830 1,668,384,261 6,892,908,580 6,376,735,000 108.09% 10.57 21.57 13.23
2024 5,793,895,560 730,980,060 797,248,940 286,529,660 1,814,758,660 7,608,654,220 6,376,735,000 119.32% 9.97 20.80 12.55
2025 6,053,461,536 753,811,564 844,980,740 314,912,910 1,913,705,214 7,967,166,750 8,267,137,500 96.37% 9.89 20.45 12.43
Commercial Value as % of Total Value
26.0%
24.0%
22.0%
20.0%
18.0%
16.0%
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Source: Official Statements, State Division of Local Services
Note: All property in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is assessed at 100% of full and fair cash value. The State estimates this "equalized valuation" for all municipalities every two years.
Chapter 59, Section 21C of the Massachusetts General Laws, known as "Proposition 2 1/2", imposes 2 separate limits on the annual tax levy of the Town. The primary limitation is
that the tax levy cannot exceed 2 1/2% of the full and fair cash value. The secondary limitation is that the tax levy cannot exceed the maximum levy limit for the preceding fiscal year
as determined by the State Commissioner of Revenue by more than 2 1/2%, subject to an exception for property added to the tax rolls and for certain valuation increases. This
secondary limit may be exceeded in any fiscal year by majority approval of the voters, however, it cannot exceed the primary limitation.
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DIRECT PROPERTY TAX RATES
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Tax Rates (1)
Commercial Personal
Fiscal Residential and Industrial Property Direct
Year Tax Rate Tax Rate Tax Rate Tax Rate
2016 $ 12.79 $ 26.36 $ 26.36 $ 15.78
2017 12.79 26.34 26.34 15.77
2018 12.42 25.86 25.86 15.58
2019 12.40 25.77 25.77 15.52
2020 12.23 25.42 25.42 15.31
2021 12.20 24.29 24.29 15.18
2022 11.35 24.18 24.18 14.31
2023 10.57 21.57 21.57 13.23
2024 9.97 20.80 20.80 12.55
2025 9.89 20.45 20.45 12.43
(1) Rates are applicable to each $1,000 of assessed value.
(2) Calculated by dividing the total tax levy by total assessed value multipied by 1,000
Source: Official Statements
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PRINCIPAL TAXPAYERS
CURRENT YEAR AND NINE YEARS AGO
2025 2016
Percentage of Percentage of
Total Taxable Total Taxable
Nature of Assessed Assessed Assessed Assessed
Taxpayer Business Valuation Rank Value Valuation Rank Value
Eversource (formerly NSTAR) Utility $ 179,804,470 1 2.26% $ 66,458,390 1 1.54%
Point32 Health (Tufts Associated Health)* Offices 93,456,200 2 1.17%
SVA Prynne LLC MLF Prynee Apartments 61,014,400 3 0.77%
555 Turnpike 74 Owner LLC (Casual Male) Manufacturer 58,242,800 4 0.73%
Medical Information Tech., Inc. Offices 57,857,000 5 0.73% 34,098,200 6 0.79%
38 WDC135 NELP Owner LLC Industrial 56,454,100 6 0.71%
Waterfall Hills at Canton (Simons Waterfall) Apartments 54,910,300 7 0.69% 35,736,100 5 0.83%
BAC Canton Holdings LLC (formerly One
Beacon Insurance) Offices 50,263,700 8 0.63%
BOS Apt 2 LLC Apartments 49,632,500 9 0.62%
MCG Canton Arboretum, LLC Apartments 49,304,900 10 0.62%
Boston Mutual Bldg Realty Trust Offices 27,134,100 8 0.63%
Randolph Properties Housing 42,755,200 2 0.99%
Reebok Offices 42,361,400 3 0.98%
Atlantic Specialty Insurance Offices 38,194,900 4 0.88%
OCW Retail Canton LLC (formerly Canton
Village Shoppes) Retail 28,505,600 7 0.66%
250 Royall LLC Offices 23,012,200 9 0.53%
Spirit Canton LLC Offices 17,158,500 10 0.40%
Totals $ 710,940,370 8.92% $ 355,414,590 8.23%
* Exempt from property tax in fiscal year 2024 but is subject to a $1.748 million payment in lieu of taxes payment in fiscal year 2025.
Source: Official Statements
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PROPERTY TAX LEVIES AND COLLECTIONS
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Tax Levy Collections
Percent of
Less First Year Percent of Delinquent Total Total Tax
Fiscal Total Abatements & Net Current Net Levy Tax Tax Collections to
Year Tax Levy Exemptions Tax Levy Tax Collections Collected Collections Collections Net Tax Levy
2016 $ 68,196,330 $730,806 $ 67,465,524 $ 66,960,492 99.25% $ 352,125 $ 67,312,617 99.77%
2017 70,946,770 536,192 70,410,578 69,940,713 99.33% 262,970 70,203,683 99.71%
2018 73,975,682 991,426 72,984,256 72,812,949 99.77% (13,990) (1) 72,798,959 99.75%
2019 77,438,400 1,060,785 76,377,615 76,374,966 100.00% (233,781) (1) 76,141,185 99.69%
2020 80,166,862 1,063,392 79,103,470 77,780,712 98.33% 1,017,024 78,797,736 99.61%
2021 84,941,942 534,636 84,407,306 83,773,978 99.25% 381,273 84,155,251 99.70%
2022 87,628,310 615,909 87,012,401 86,417,107 99.32% 150,884 86,567,991 99.49%
2023 91,210,271 702,808 90,507,463 89,844,819 99.27% 218,902 90,063,721 99.51%
2024 95,512,119 803,406 94,708,713 93,776,448 99.02% 575,943 94,352,391 99.62%
2025 99,004,006 538,753 98,465,253 97,605,185 99.13% - 97,605,185 99.13%
(1) In 2020 and 2022, the Town refunded several commercial tax collections.
Source: Accounting Records
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RATIOS OF OUTSTANDING DEBT BY TYPE
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Governmental Activities Business-type Activities
General Direct General Direct Total Percentage Debt
Fiscal Obligation Borrowings and Lease Obligation Borrowings and Outstanding Personal of Personal U.S Census Per
Year Bonds (1) Placements Obligations Bonds (1) Placements Debt Income Income Population Capita
2016 $ 26,426,780 $ 321,226 $ 84,246 $ 22,970,109 $ 4,661,625 $ 54,463,986 $ 1,084,774,372 5.02% 21,561 $ 2,526
2017 28,000,477 307,176 63,827 23,466,201 4,178,293 56,015,974 1,113,918,949 5.03% 21,561 2,598
2018 25,868,216 292,843 42,986 21,261,941 3,691,526 51,157,512 1,549,330,338 3.30% 21,561 2,373
2019 26,215,007 278,222 21,713 19,095,011 3,201,255 48,811,208 1,549,330,338 3.15% 21,561 2,264
2020 30,693,449 263,306 - 21,056,912 2,820,709 54,834,376 1,751,179,460 3.13% 24,370 2,250
2021 26,826,930 248,091 - 19,843,867 5,104,665 52,023,553 1,751,179,460 2.97% 24,370 2,135
2022 29,410,352 240,369 - 26,513,203 5,651,523 61,815,447 1,751,179,460 3.53% 24,370 2,537
2023 33,189,537 224,693 - 27,581,335 4,967,938 65,963,503 1,751,179,460 3.77% 24,370 2,707
2024 32,661,176 208,702 - 26,453,936 4,614,830 63,938,644 1,751,179,460 3.65% 24,370 2,624
2025 28,816,857 192,391 - 23,374,265 3,998,986 56,382,499 1,751,179,460 3.22% 24,370 2,314
Source: U. S. Census, State Division of Local Services
(1) Presented net of original issuance discounts and premiums.
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RATIOS OF GENERAL BONDED DEBT OUTSTANDING
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
General Less: Percentage Debt
Fiscal Obligation Amounts Assessed of Assessed U.S Census Per
Year Bonds (1) Available (2) Total Value Value Population Capita
2016 $ 49,396,889 $ (2,125,785) $ 47,271,104 $ 4,320,712,330 1.09% 21,561 $ 2,192
2017 51,466,678 (1,740,116) 49,726,562 4,498,404,880 1.11% 21,561 2,306
2018 47,130,157 (1,341,647) 45,788,510 4,749,064,680 0.96% 21,561 2,124
2019 45,310,018 (929,952) 44,380,066 4,989,073,070 0.89% 21,561 2,058
2020 51,750,361 (504,594) 51,245,767 5,236,154,670 0.98% 24,370 2,103
2021 46,670,797 (65,119) 46,605,678 5,595,001,440 0.83% 24,370 1,912
2022 55,923,555 (33,089) 55,890,466 6,124,773,810 0.91% 24,370 2,293
2023 60,770,872 - 60,770,872 6,892,908,580 0.88% 24,370 2,494
2024 59,115,112 - 59,115,112 7,608,654,220 0.78% 24,370 2,426
2025 52,191,122 - 52,191,122 7,967,166,750 0.66% 24,370 2,142
Source: U. S. Census, State Division of Local Services
(1) General obligation bonds consist of debt of both governmental and business-type activities, net of original issuance discounts and premiums.
(2) These are restricted resources from the Massachusetts School Building Authority for debt principal on school construction.
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COMPUTATION OF LEGAL DEBT MARGIN
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Amounts in Thousands)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
$ 4,083,658
Equalized Valuation………………………………….. $ 4,615,563 $ 4,615,563 $ 5,111,199 $ 5,111,199 $ 5,664,785 $ 5,664,785 $ 6,376,735 $ 6,376,735 $ 8,267,138
Debt Limit…………………………..…………………. 204,183 230,778 230,778 255,560 255,560 283,239 283,239 318,837 318,837 413,357
Outstanding general obligation bonds………………. 49,397 51,467 47,130 45,310 51,750 46,671 55,924 60,771 59,115 52,191
Authorized and unissued debt…………………………. 16,695 15,992 20,072 29,086 24,704 25,932 16,910 10,896 9,255 264,668
Debt not applicable to debt limit………………………….(28,533) (28,457) (25,574) (24,193) (22,651) (22,776) (31,126) (35,781) (34,325) (32,083)
$ 166,624
Legal debt margin………………………………………….. $ 191,776 $ 189,150 $ 205,357 $ 201,757 $ 233,412 $ 241,531 $ 282,951 $ 284,792 $ 128,581
Total debt applicable to the limit
18.39%
as a percentage of debt limit………………………………….. 16.90% 18.04% 19.64% 21.05% 17.59% 14.73% 11.26% 10.68% 68.89%
Source: State Division of Local Services, Accounting Records
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DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES DEBT
AS OF JUNE 30, 2025
Estimated
Estimated Share of
Debt Percentage Overlapping
Outstanding (a) Applicable Debt
Debt repaid with property taxes:
Norfolk County…………………………………………………….. $ 13,855,000 3.68% (b) $ 509,864
Blue Hills Regional Vocational School District……………………………………………………..
34,580,000 7.39% (c) 2,555,462
Subtotal, overlapping debt………………………………………………………………………….. 3,065,326
Town direct debt……………………………………………………………. 29,009,248
Total direct and overlapping debt…………………………………………… $ 32,074,574
(a) Outstanding debt as of August 14, 2025.
(b) Based on the Town's weighted percentage of total equalized valuation.
(c) Based on the District's enabling agreement which primarily relies on enrollment.
Source: Official Statements, Accounting Records
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Per
Capita
Fiscal Population Personal Personal Median School Unemployment
Year Estimates Income Income (b) Age Enrollment Rate (a)
2016 21,561 $ 1,084,774,372 $ 50,312 42.6 3,375 3.40%
2017 21,561 1,113,918,949 51,664 42.6 3,379 3.60%
2018 21,561 1,549,330,338 71,858 42.6 3,353 3.10%
2019 21,561 1,549,330,338 71,858 42.6 3,329 2.70%
2020 24,370 1,751,179,460 71,858 42.6 3,397 8.00%
2021 24,370 1,751,179,460 71,858 43.1 3,225 5.00%
2022 24,370 1,751,179,460 71,858 43.1 3,228 3.00%
2023 24,370 1,751,179,460 71,858 43.1 3,219 2.90%
2024 24,370 1,751,179,460 71,858 43.1 3,341 3.30%
2025 24,370 1,751,179,460 71,858 43.1 3,314 4.60%
(a) Full year averages except for 2022 which is for October 2022.
(b) For years 2018 to 2025 used U.S. Census 2018-2022 average, 2022 dollars
N/A - Information not available
Source: U. S. Census, Division of Local Services, Massachusetts
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Population Estimates and Median age are based on most recent census data
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PRINCIPAL EMPLOYERS (EXCLUDING TOWN)
CURRENT YEAR AND NINE YEARS AGO
2025 2016
Nature Percentage Percentage
of of Total Town of Total Town
Employer Business Employees Rank Employment Employees Rank Employment
Destination XL Group (Casual Male) Retail/Wholesale 1,000 1 4.00%
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Health Care 1,000 1 4.00%
Meditech Hospital Software 1,000 1 4.00% 387 4 1.75%
Computershare Investor Svc Operations Center 500 4 2.00% 737 2 3.32%
Organogenesis Regenerative Medicine 500 4 2.00%
Boston Mutual Inurance Insurance Sales and Service 250 6 1.00% 274 6 1.24%
Computershare Limited Operations Center 250 6 1.00%
Dunkin Brands, Inc. Food and Beverages 250 6 1.00% 639 3 2.88%
Lojack Recovery Systems 250 6 1.00% 191 8 0.86%
Massasoit Community College Community College 250 6 1.00%
Reebok International Footwear 1,032 1 4.65%
Pollak Engineering Products Automotive Engineering 300 5 1.35%
One Beacon Insurance Insurance Sales and Service 225 7 1.01%
CB&I (Shaw Group) Engineering 180 9 0.81%
Harbar Food Manufacturer 150 10 0.68%
Totals 5,250 21.02% 4,115 18.56%
Source: Official Statements
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FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT TOWN EMPLOYEES BY FUNCTION
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Function 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
General government…………………………………………………………….
24 27 26 27 32 37 29 29 29 30
Public safety…………………………………………….. 101 103 103 105 108 108 100 100 99 97
Education…………………………………………………… 443 474 503 483 483 483 499 536 547 559
Public works……………………………………………………………..
43 42 43 46 46 46 50 50 52 56
Health and human services…………………………………………………………..
10 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 9 10
Culture and recreation…………………………………………………
22 24 24 24 24 24 22 25 24 22
Total Town employees…………….…………………...……..
643 679 709 696 704 709 711 751 760 774
Source: Town personnel records
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OPERATING INDICATORS BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Function 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
General Government:
Population…………………………………….. 20,878 21,443 20,985 21,429 21,618 21,949 22,479 23,378 22,845 22,660
Registered voters…………………………………….. 14,984 15,694 15,877 16,482 16,247 17,589 18,137 18,044 18,763 18,722
Public Safety:
Police
Criminal offenses……………………………………………… 945 1,076 862 657 615 961 1,084 1,100 1,001 834
Fire
Fire calls……………………………………………….. 1,683 1,638 2,013 1,929 1,556 1,708 2,017 1,813 1,175 1,318
Ambulance calls………………………………………… 2,525 2,457 2,278 2,371 2,354 2,678 2,839 3,087 3,182 3,003
Permits issued………………………………………………. 745 857 976 725 658 866 985 635 478 585
Building Department
Building permits issued…………………………………. 1,514 1,271 1,093 1,196 1,093 1,649 1,458 1,477 1,326 1,257
Other permits issued…………………………………. 1,885 1,951 1,753 1,712 1,506 1,599 1,565 1,687 1,634 1,503
Education:
Number of students…………………………………. 3,378 3,379 3,353 3,329 3,397 3,316 3,228 3,359 3,277 3,327
Public Works:
Highway
Roads paved (miles)……………………………………………… 2.5 3.1 4.2 3.4 3.0 2.2 2.0 0.9 2.0 3.4
Water
Water mains installed (miles)…………………………… 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 2.6 0.0 1.1 0.0
Sewer
Sanitary sewers installed (miles)……………………………0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0
Health and Human Services:
Board of Health
Inspections and complaint investigations……… 652 925 760 714 500 400 586 633 720 750
Permits issued……………………………………………….. 644 644 652 575 329 336 336 376 383 400
Council on Aging
Bus trips………………………………………….. 8,200 10,180 8,830 11,369 8,029 3,000 7,124 9,157 9,051 9,984
Culture and Recreation:
Libaries
Circulation……………………………………………. 269,045 287,981 258,961 168,304 220,831 201,383 257,274 273,680 277,500 269,799
Children's programs held……………………………………………. 241 197 328 53 257 644 176 1,376 408 584
Children's programs attendance…………………………………………….
3,985 3,898 6,935 1,345 6,393 88,161 4,486 7,263 9,852 14,122
Recreation
Swimming pool attendance…………………………………………….
(1) 6,056 5,107 4,778 4,994 - 7,568 7,965 4,765 8,626 9,245
Playground program participants…………………………………………….
1,294 1,090 1,016 768 580 600 658 678 530 560
(1) Pool was closed for major renovations in fiscal year 2020. Open only to Town residents in fiscal year 2023.
N/A - Information not available
Source: Various Town Departments and State websites.
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CAPITAL ASSET STATISTICS BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Function 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
General Government:
Number of buildings……………………………….. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Public Safety:
Police
Number of stations……………………………. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fire
Number of stations……………………………. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Education:
Number of elementary schools…………………………………….
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Number of middle schools……………………………………. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Number of high schools……………………………………….. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Public Works:
Road miles………………………………………. 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112
Water main (miles)…………………………………………. 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123
Sanitary sewers (miles)…………………………………………. 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82 82
Number of water towers…………………….. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Number of water treatment plants…………………….. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Health and Human Services:
Number of senior centers…………………….. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Culture and Recreation:
Number of libraries……………………………………………
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Number of pools………………………………….. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Number of skating rinks……………………(1) - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1
(1) Skating rink was closed from 2015 to 2020 due to damage from major weather event.
N/A - Information not available
Source: Various Town Departments and State websites.
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Below: Christmas lights at the Police Station.
Photo Credit – Charles Doody, Town Administrator
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