Barnstable, MA
Tracking 2,816 properties across Barnstable, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1973 and the oldest to 1640. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Barnstable, MAInc. 1638
Barnstable is the largest town on Cape Cod and the county seat — a municipality of seven distinct villages: Barnstable Village, Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis, Marstons Mills, Osterville, and West Barnstable. Each village has its own character, housing stock, and market dynamics. Hyannis functions as the commercial center of Cape Cod, with the airport, the ferry terminals, and the regional hospital. Osterville and Cotuit are affluent waterfront communities. Centerville and Marstons Mills are more suburban.
For property professionals, Barnstable's village structure means a single municipality contains waterfront estates, modest year-round housing, seasonal cottages, and significant commercial property. The coastal exposure varies dramatically — Hyannis Harbor, the Centerville River marshes, Sandy Neck barrier beach, and the Nantucket Sound shoreline each create different flood and storm risk profiles. Town-level data is essentially useless in a community this varied; property-level intelligence is the only way to work accurately.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
645 properties (23%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
Fire Protection Grades
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
Coastal & Water Exposure
2,436 properties (87%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 915 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 0 ft from the coastline.
The Property Landscape
2,816 properties · Median year built 1973 · Avg 1,297 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Barnstable County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 98% of Barnstable properties. Ownership intelligence includes transaction history, entity detection, portfolio identification, and lien analysis — assembled from public registry records into a single property-level profile.
Living in Barnstable
Barnstable County · Massachusetts
Barnstable covers 62.6 square miles in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $572K.
Single-family homes account for 1,295 of Barnstable's 2,816 properties and 197 multi-family buildings. There are 65 commercial properties and 432 parcels of vacant land. About 21% of properties are owner-occupied, and 9% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $73K and $996K, with the highest assessed property at $38.3M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
21% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems, and 80% have public water service. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. 146 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Barnstable its character.
What Barnstable Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
With 23% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 87% in the coastal zone, Barnstable concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Barnstable's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1640 to present, require local market knowledge for accurate comparable selection and valuation. NEP assembles building characteristics, environmental exposure, and condition signals into a single property profile.
Real estate solutionsLending & Title
Collateral assessment requires flood zone verification, environmental screening, and ownership chain validation. 23% of Barnstable properties are in SFHAs where flood insurance is a federal lending requirement. NEP provides property-level compliance data from public records.
Lending solutionsInspection & Property Services
Understanding a property's construction era, environmental exposure, and building characteristics before arriving on site transforms inspection from discovery to verification.
Inspection solutionsExplore Barnstable property intelligence.
2,816 Barnstable properties — each with risk profiles, building data, permit history, and ownership analysis from 140+ sources. Open any property and see the full picture.
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