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Table 2:
Comparative Massachusetts Municipality 61B Golf Course Valuations/Sq.
Mi. as a Function of Zoning District, Single-Family Land Value, Per Capita
Income. Listed 61B Land Values are BEFORE 75% 61B Reduction [1]
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Town
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Golf
Course Located in a Single Residence Zoning District?
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Zoning
District
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[A]
Golf 61B Land Valuation BEFORE 75% Reduction Applied
$Mill/Sq. Mi.
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[B]
Single Family Land Valuation $Mill/Sq. Mi.
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[A/B]
Ratio of 61B Land Value to Single Family Land Value
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Golf
61B Sq. Mi.
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Population
Density Pers/Sq. Mi.
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Per
Capita Income $/Pers
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Weston
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Yes
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SRES
A
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112.0
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373.4
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30.0%
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0.206
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721
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87,978
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Needham
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Yes
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SRA:B:SRB
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176.0
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740.7
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23.8%
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0.033
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2,554
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74,419
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Belmont [2]
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Yes
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SRES
D
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412.1
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2,084.7
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19.8%
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0.210
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5,616
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62,602
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Arlington
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Yes
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R0:R1
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286.7
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1,808.3
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15.9%
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0.022
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8,841
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58,355
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Melrose
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Yes
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SR
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119.8
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877.9
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13.6%
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0.077
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5,986
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52,682
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Concord
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Yes
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A:AA
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38.5
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289.6
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13.3%
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0.495
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772
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69,370
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Andover
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Yes
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SRB
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31.1
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247.7
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12.6%
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0.242
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1,178
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66,268
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Nantucket [3]
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Limited
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LUG3:
Limited Use District
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54.7
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440.3
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12.4%
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0.799
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253
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51,270
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Plymouth
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Yes
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RR
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19.4
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181.6
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10.7%
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0.325
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638
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43,747
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Peabody
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Yes
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R1A:R1B
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31.9
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396.6
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8.1%
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0.803
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3,274
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37,418
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Newton
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Yes
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SR1:SR2
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124.9
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1,618.8
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7.7%
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0.845
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4,956
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69,859
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Lowell
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Mostly
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2/3
SSF: SRes
1/3 Li: Lt Ind.
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26.6
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349.0
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7.6%
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0.088
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8,174
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24,912
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Salem
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Yes
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R1
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39.0
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527.8
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7.4%
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0.038
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5,221
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36,162
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Lexington
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Yes
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RO:RS
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32.1
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766.8
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4.2%
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0.244
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2,017
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77,570
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Stow
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No
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RC:
Recreation
Conservation
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6.6
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104.0
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6.3%
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0.120
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418
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60,306
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Framingham
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No
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OSR:
Open Space and Recreation
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6.4
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233.6
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2.7%
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0.211
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2,819
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41,182
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[1]
Source: Valuations and lot sizes are downloaded from the Massachusetts Parcel
Download Links. 61B Mass Parcel valuations have been adjusted upward to their
values BEFORE 61B 75% reduction.
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[2] Belmont greatly increased their Golf 61B
valuation in 2020. Prior year values were more in line with Newton's values.
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[3] Nantucket Golf Courses are all zoned in
Limited Use Districts which contain 1,300 Single Family lots. The Nantucket
Single Family land value/acre were calculated from the assessed values on
these Limited Use District lots only. Also - the Nantucket Data in the MassGIS Links was
from 2016 and all other towns were from 2019/2020.
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Data set contains All 61B Golf Courses (> 10
acres) in Massachusetts that exist in the Mass DOR "Parcel Count and
Valuations by Use" report. Population Density and Per Capita Income
are from census.gov
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