Data Analytics and Resources Bureau Municipal Bond Ratings Data current as of 04/19/2024

Moodys Rating Explanations S&P Rating Explanations Select Municipalities:   Select options All Municipalities Abington Acton Acushnet Adams Agawam Alford Amesbury Amherst Andover Arlington Ashburnham Ashby Ashfield Ashland Athol Attleboro Auburn Avon Ayer Barnstable Barre Becket Bedford Belchertown Bellingham Belmont Berkley Berlin Bernardston Beverly Billerica Blackstone Blandford Bolton Boston Bourne Boxborough Boxford Boylston Braintree Brewster Bridgewater Brimfield Brockton Brookfield Brookline Buckland Burlington Cambridge Canton Carlisle Carver Charlemont Charlton Chatham Chelmsford Chelsea Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chicopee Chilmark Clarksburg Clinton Cohasset Colrain Concord Conway Cummington Dalton Danvers Dartmouth Dedham Deerfield Dennis Dighton Douglas Dover Dracut Dudley Dunstable Duxbury East Bridgewater East Brookfield East Longmeadow Eastham Easthampton Easton Edgartown Egremont Erving Essex Everett Fairhaven Fall River Falmouth Fitchburg Florida Foxborough Framingham Franklin Freetown Gardner Aquinnah Georgetown Gill Gloucester Goshen Gosnold Grafton Granby Granville Great Barrington Greenfield Groton Groveland Hadley Halifax Hamilton Hampden Hancock Hanover Hanson Hardwick Harvard Harwich Hatfield Haverhill Hawley Heath Hingham Hinsdale Holbrook Holden Holland Holliston Holyoke Hopedale Hopkinton Hubbardston Hudson Hull Huntington Ipswich Kingston Lakeville Lancaster Lanesborough Lawrence Lee Leicester Lenox Leominster Leverett Lexington Leyden Lincoln Littleton Longmeadow Lowell Ludlow Lunenburg Lynn Lynnfield Malden Manchester By The Sea Mansfield Marblehead Marion Marlborough Marshfield Mashpee Mattapoisett Maynard Medfield Medford Medway Melrose Mendon Merrimac Methuen Middleborough Middlefield Middleton Milford Millbury Millis Millville Milton Monroe Monson Montague Monterey Montgomery Mount Washington Nahant Nantucket Natick Needham New Ashford New Bedford New Braintree New Marlborough New Salem Newbury Newburyport Newton Norfolk North Adams North Andover North Attleborough North Brookfield North Reading Northampton Northborough Northbridge Northfield Norton Norwell Norwood Oak Bluffs Oakham Orange Orleans Otis Oxford Palmer Paxton Peabody Pelham Pembroke Pepperell Peru Petersham Phillipston Pittsfield Plainfield Plainville Plymouth Plympton Princeton Provincetown Quincy Randolph Raynham Reading Rehoboth Revere Richmond Rochester Rockland Rockport Rowe Rowley Royalston Russell Rutland Salem Salisbury Sandisfield Sandwich Saugus Savoy Scituate Seekonk Sharon Sheffield Shelburne Sherborn Shirley Shrewsbury Shutesbury Somerset Somerville South Hadley Southampton Southborough Southbridge Southwick Spencer Springfield Sterling Stockbridge Stoneham Stoughton Stow Sturbridge Sudbury Sunderland Sutton Swampscott Swansea Taunton Templeton Tewksbury Tisbury Tolland Topsfield Townsend Truro Tyngsborough Tyringham Upton Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walpole Waltham Ware Wareham Warren Warwick Washington Watertown Wayland Webster Wellesley Wellfleet Wendell Wenham West Boylston West Bridgewater West Brookfield West Newbury West Springfield West Stockbridge West Tisbury Westborough Westfield Westford Westhampton Westminster Weston Westport Westwood Weymouth Whately Whitman Wilbraham Williamsburg Williamstown Wilmington Winchendon Winchester Windsor Winthrop Woburn Worcester Worthington Wrentham Yarmouth     Select Fiscal Year(s):   Select options Check all 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986     Bond Rating Agency:    S&P Moodys        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >  >> DOR CODE Name Rating Agency 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2019 2020 2021 2023 001 Abington Moodys A3 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 002 Acton Moodys Aa1 Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aa1 Aa1 003 Acushnet Moodys A2 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 005 Agawam Moodys Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 007 Amesbury Moodys A3 008 Amherst Moodys Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 009 Andover Moodys Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 010 Arlington Moodys Aa2 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 011 Ashburnham Moodys A3 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 014 Ashland Moodys A1 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 015 Athol Moodys A3 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 016 Attleboro Moodys A3 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 017 Auburn Moodys A2 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 018 Avon Moodys A2 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 019 Ayer Moodys A2 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 020 Barnstable Moodys Aa1 021 Barre Moodys A3 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 023 Bedford Moodys Aa1 Aaa Aaa Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 025 Bellingham Moodys Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 026 Belmont Moodys Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa 027 Berkley Moodys A3 A1 A1 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A1 A1 A1 A1 028 Berlin Moodys A2 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 030 Beverly Moodys A1 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 031 Billerica Moodys Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 034 Bolton Moodys Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 035 Boston Moodys Aa1 Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa 036 Bourne Moodys Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 037 Boxborough Moodys Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 038 Boxford Moodys Aa2 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 Aa1 039 Boylston Moodys A2 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 040 Braintree Moodys Aa3 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 041 Brewster Moodys A1 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 Aa2 042 Bridgewater Moodys Baa2 A2 A2 A1 A1 A1 A2 A1 A1 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 044 Brockton Moodys A2 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 Aa3 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 046 Brookline Moodys Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa Aaa