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							Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services                        Page 1

                         At A Glance Report for Northampton

                                          Socioeconomic

    County                                                Hampshire
    School Structure                                      K-12
    Form of Government                                    Mayor
                                                          Council
    2008 Population                                                                      28,379
    2010 Labor Force                                                                     16,393
    2010 Unemployment Rate                                                                   6.2
    1999 Per Capita Income                                                               24,022
    2008 Population Per Square Mile                                                      823.53
    2007 Housing Units Per Square Mile                                                   359.98
    2009 Road Miles                                                                      183.25
    EQV Per Capita (2008 EQV/2008 Population)                                           119,149
    Number of Registered Vehicles (January 2008)                                         26,176
    Average Age of Vehicles (January 2008)                                                10.57
    2008 Number of Registered Voters                                                     20,338


                                            Certification

                         Most Recent                              2010
                         Next Scheduled                           2013


                                           Bond Ratings

         Moody’s Bond Rating as of December 2009*                           A1
         S & P Bond Rating as of December 2009*                             A+


               *Blank indicates the community has not been rated by the bond agency.


                       Fiscal Year 2010 Estimated Cherry Sheet Aid

                         Education Aid                               9,735,131
                         General Government                          4,497,288
                         Total Receipts                             14,232,419
                         Total Assessments                           2,488,059
                         Net State Aid                              11,744,360



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                         At A Glance Report for Northampton

                              Fiscal Year 2010 Tax Classification

          Tax Classification       Assessed Values         Tax Levy            Tax Rate
          Residential                 2,570,772,410         32,494,563                12.64
          Open Space                              0                  0                  0.00
          Commercial                    451,555,850          5,707,666                12.64
          Industrial                     84,013,220          1,061,927                12.64
          Personal Property              87,213,650          1,102,381                12.64
          Total                       3,193,555,130         40,366,537


                           Fiscal Year 2010 Revenues by Source

                                                                    Percent
                          Revenue Source                            of Total
                          Tax Levy                     40,366,537      44.21
                          State Aid                    17,365,303      19.02
                          Local Receipts               30,565,359      33.48
                          Other Available               3,006,344       3.29
                          Total                        91,303,543


                     Fiscal Year 2010 Proposition 2½ Levy Capacity

                     New Growth                               375,927
                     Override                               2,000,000
                     Debt Exclusion                         1,220,649
                     Levy Limit                            40,377,336
                     Excess Capacity                           10,799
                     Ceiling                               79,838,878
                     Override Capacity                     40,682,191


                                     Other Available Funds

                   7/1/2009             FY2009                  FY2010
                  Free Cash        Stabilization Fund       Overlay Reserve
                        -165,930             1,789,222                412,448




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                             At A Glance Report for Northampton

                       Fiscal Year 2010 Average Single Family Tax Bill**

                        Number of Single Family Parcels                                   5,531
                        Assessed Value of Single Family                                 302,155
                        Average Single Family Tax Bill                                    3,819

                                 State Average Single Family Tax Bill

                               Fiscal Year 2007                                    3,962
                               Fiscal Year 2008                                    4,110
                               Fiscal Year 2009                                    4,250

                             Northampton issues property tax bills Quarterly.

**For the communities granting residential exemptions, DLS does not collect enough information to calculate an average
single-family tax bill. In FY09 those communities are Barnstable, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett,
Malden, Marlborough, Nantucket, Somerville, Somerset, Tisbury, Waltham and Watertown. Therefore, the average
single-family tax bill information in this report will be blank.


           Fiscal Year 2009 Schedule A – Actual Revenues and Expenditures

                        General Fund        Special        Capital        Enterprise       Trust           Total All
                                           Revenue         Projects        Funds          Revenue           Funds
  Revenues                  64,726,056     13,894,037          46,712     12,910,152        506,611         92,083,568
  Expenditures              70,681,319     10,923,381       4,813,330     12,890,333        303,043         99,611,406
   Police                    4,637,816              0               0               0             0          4,637,816
   Fire                      3,581,843              0               0               0             0          3,581,843
   Education                28,476,375      6,863,296         142,491               0             0         35,482,162
   Public Works              3,697,315          5,213         934,546      8,647,595              0         13,284,669
   General Fund                                                                                              5,662,964
   Debt Service              5,662,964
   Health Ins                9,060,367                                                                      9,060,367
   Pension                   3,701,992                                                                      3,701,992
   All Other                11,862,647      4,054,872       3,736,293      4,242,738         303,043       24,199,593

This data only represents the revenues and expenditures occurring in these funds and does not reflect any transfers to or
from other funds. Therefore, this data should not be used to calculate an ending fund balance.

                           Total Revenues and Expenditures Per Capita

                        General Fund       Special         Capital        Enterprise       Trust           Total All
                                           Revenue         Projects        Funds          Revenue           Funds
  Revenues                     2,280.8         489.6               1.6         454.9           17.9            3,244.8
  Expenditures                 2,490.6         384.9            169.6          454.2           10.7            3,510.0

If you have questions regarding the data contained in this report, please contact the Municipal
Databank/Local Aid Section at (617) 626-2384 or databank@dor.state.ma.us.

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