Property Tax in Scarborough, Galilee & Jerusalem, RI

Same Town, Same Rate: $6.79 per $1,000, No Separate Mill Rate Here

Because Scarborough, Galilee, and Jerusalem are villages within the Town of Narragansett rather than incorporated towns of their own, there is no separate "Scarborough" or "Galilee" mill rate to look up. The confirmed figure is Narragansett's own: per the Rhode Island Division of Municipal Finance's official FY2026 Tax Rates document, the residential real estate rate is $6.79 per $1,000 of assessed value, and the commercial/personal property rate is $9.17, both for the 2025 tax roll with an assessment date of December 31, 2024. That single rate applies uniformly whether a property sits on Ocean Road near Scarborough State Beach, on the Galilee waterfront near the Port of Galilee's commercial fishing docks, or in Jerusalem near East Matunuck State Beach.

This site's own Narragansett property-tax page goes deeper on how that rate is set, the town's separately sourced effective-rate figure from Ownwell, and town-wide tax-base context (Census population, income, and home-price trend data) -- treat that page as the authoritative source for the mechanics, and treat this page as the village-level detail layer on top of it. As with any confirmed rate, it is set annually and should be reconfirmed directly with the Narragansett Tax Assessor's office before any purchase, refinance, or budgeting decision, since a newer tax roll may already be in effect by the time you are reading this.

A Different Number Worth Flagging: NeighborhoodScout’s "Galilee & Jerusalem" Village Data

Here is where village-level detail genuinely diverges from what a town-wide figure would suggest. NeighborhoodScout, a commercial real-estate-and-demographic data aggregator, publishes its own dedicated neighborhood profile specifically for "Galilee & Jerusalem" within Narragansett, RI -- a distinct, smaller geography from the Census/ACS and Redfin figures used on this site's town-wide Narragansett page, and reported by a different source. Per that NeighborhoodScout profile, median home price in Galilee & Jerusalem is $1,091,913, described by the source as 95.2% higher than the median for Rhode Island neighborhoods generally -- a notably higher figure than a town-wide Narragansett number alone would imply, and worth understanding as this specific village pairing's own number rather than a town-wide average. The same source reports an average rental price of $3,012 per month, about 85.0% higher than the Rhode Island average.

The same profile reports a vacancy rate of 43.4%, with 39.6% of housing seasonally occupied -- both figures NeighborhoodScout describes as dramatically higher than national norms. That combination lines up with what this stretch of town actually is: a working fishing port and beach-village area where a large share of housing sits vacant or seasonally occupied rather than owner-occupied year-round, which is a genuinely different tax-base texture than a mostly year-round residential neighborhood. A high seasonal-vacancy share does not change the mill rate itself, but it is a real, sourced signal about how much of the local tax base is generated by second homes and vacation property rather than primary residences -- context worth having before assuming this market behaves like a typical year-round suburb.

Treat the NeighborhoodScout figures as a distinct, named source describing a distinct, smaller geography -- do not blend them with the Narragansett hub page's own town-wide Census or Redfin numbers as though they were the same statistic. NeighborhoodScout is also a commercial, largely automated data aggregator rather than a government statistical agency, so its neighborhood boundaries and derived figures are best treated as a real, citable data point rather than Census-grade fact.

Jerusalem’s Odd Governance: Narragansett Territory, South Kingstown’s Fire and Police

One more piece of local-government texture worth knowing, even though it does not change the tax rate: per Wikipedia's dedicated entry on Jerusalem, Rhode Island, the village sits on Point Judith across the harbor from Galilee, but it is not connected by land to the rest of Narragansett -- its only land border is with the Matunuck section of neighboring South Kingstown. As a direct result, fire and police service in Jerusalem is provided by South Kingstown rather than by Narragansett, even though Jerusalem is legally part of the Town of Narragansett and its property owners are billed at Narragansett's own $6.79 rate.

That is a real, sourced governmental quirk rather than an error to smooth over: your tax bill and assessment still come from Narragansett, but the first responders who show up may come from a different town altogether. It is the kind of detail worth asking the Narragansett Tax Assessor and Town Clerk about directly if you are evaluating property in Jerusalem specifically, alongside confirming the current mill rate itself.

What This Means If You’re Evaluating Property Tax in These Villages

The honest summary: Scarborough, Galilee, and Jerusalem do not have their own property tax rate -- they are billed under the Town of Narragansett's confirmed FY2026 rate of $6.79 per $1,000 of assessed value for residential real estate ($9.17 for commercial and personal property), per the Rhode Island Division of Municipal Finance's own official tax-rate document. What is genuinely different at the village level is the real estate picture NeighborhoodScout reports specifically for "Galilee & Jerusalem" -- a median home price of $1,091,913 and a vacancy rate of 43.4% (39.6% seasonally occupied), both figures worth weighing against town-wide numbers rather than substituting for them -- plus Jerusalem's unusual reliance on South Kingstown for fire and police service despite being Narragansett territory for tax purposes.

This page is informational background, not tax advice. Before making any purchase decision on a property in Scarborough, Galilee, or Jerusalem, reconfirm the current mill rate directly with the Town of Narragansett Tax Assessor's office in case a newer tax roll has since taken effect, and pair that with guidance from a Rhode Island-licensed tax professional who can walk through exemptions and how the current rate applies to your specific property.