By the Numbers
Feb 10, 2026 ● By Martha Akstin
This month, WFP asked the assessors from each town it covers (Holden, Paxton, and Rutland) for tax rates for fiscal years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and the amount of revenue generated by these tax rates in those respective years.
But stepping back a minute, what does the assessor’s department do? This mission statement is from the Rutland town’s website:
The Assessing Department is responsible for accurately determining the value of all real and personal property, whether residential, commercial or industrial, located within the Town of Rutland for the purpose of taxation.
Assessors are obliged to determine the full and fair market value of all property as of January 1st each year for assessment on the fiscal year beginning the next July 1st, and to submit those values to the Department of Revenue for certification annually. The Assessors calculate and set the annual tax rate and submit the Tax Rate Recapitulation Sheet to the Department of Revenue to be certified. The department is responsible for the administration of all property tax data records and maintains accurate parcel ownership data based upon transactions recorded at the Worcester Registry of Deeds.
WFP thanks Rosemary Scully, Holden’s principal assessor; Diane Peterson, Paxton’s chief assessor; and Amy Evanowski, Rutland’s principal assessor, for their assistance in compiling this data. W
Fiscal Year Tax Rate Revenue raised by Tax Rate
HOLDEN
2020 $17.00 $42,681,770.64
2021 $17.40 $44,856,449.18
2022 $16.56 $46,316,743.82
2023 $14.99 $48,002,545.81
2024 $14.15 $50,533,302.40
2025 $13.86 $52,930,463.36
PAXTON
2020 $19.73 $11,351,869.07
2021 $19.73 $11,678,077.86
2022 $18.98 $12,010,360.40
2023 $17.58 $12,413,036.55
2024 $16.07 $12,575,076.57
2025 $14.74 $12,721,536.63
RUTLAND
2020 $17.61 $16,898,343.28
2021 $16.70 $17,557,616.16
2022 $15.79 $18,342,944.65
2023 $13.72 $19,188,165.41
2024 $14.83 $21,409,138.69
2025 $14.24 $22,456,994.49
