Is Your City Or Town Raising Property Taxes?

NEWPORT, RI — It may seem that taxes only go up and never go down, especially in Rhode Island, where one study after another shows Ocean State residents pay more property taxes than most of their U.S. counterparts. But some communities have managed to keep taxes in check, while others continue to tax and spend. Patch did a survey of its 18 Rhode Island communities to find out which ones are raising taxes. Here are the results.

Towns with increases are in bold face type. Where possible, the numbers are expressed as a percent tax levy increase. But some communities also just had a revaluation, so most property assessments went up, too, and it's not an apples to apples comparison. A few cities and towns did not have the information at hand. Bristol, East Providence and Tiverton did not immediately reply.

Patch will update this story, as information develops.

Barrington: 7.4 percent

Coventry: 3.16 percent*

Cranston: 2.56 percent

East Greenwich: Zero increase

Little Compton: 1 percent (rounded up)

Middletown: Zero increase

Narragansett: 2.56 percent

Newport: 2.56 percent

North Kingstown: The FY 17 Tax Levy was $75,058,276 with a tax rate of 18.06. The FY 18 Tax Levy is $77,647,362 with a tax rate of 18.59*

Portsmouth: 3.2 percent

South Kingstown: 1.81 percent

Warren: 6 percent decrease*

Woonsocket: 2.56 percent decrease

*Indicates a revaluation also occurred.