Berwick, ME
Tracking 3,934 properties across Berwick, Maine — a community where the median home dates to 1986 and the oldest to 1716. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Berwick, MEInc. 1713
Berwick is a town on the Salmon Falls River at the New Hampshire border, with a compact village center and surrounding rural residential areas.
For property professionals, Berwick is a moderate, affordable market with river proximity, border-town dynamics, and a modest housing stock.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
200 properties (5%) 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.
The Property Landscape
3,934 properties · Median year built 1986 · Avg 1,826 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from York County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 86% of Berwick 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 Berwick
York County · Maine
Berwick covers 37.5 square miles in York County, Maine. The median assessed property value is $230K.
Single-family homes account for 2,299 of Berwick's 3,934 properties and 472 multi-family buildings. There are 100 commercial properties and 323 parcels of vacant land. About 53% of properties are owner-occupied, and 7% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $172K and $291K, with the highest assessed property at $9.6M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
31% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems, and 20% have public water service. Electric service is provided by CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO. 180 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Berwick its character.
What Berwick Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Berwick's fire protection grade distribution (212 Grade A, 374 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Berwick's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1716 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. 5% of Berwick 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 Berwick property intelligence.
3,934 Berwick 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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