Blackstone, MA
Worcester County42.0178°N, 71.5411°W
Tracking 3,723 properties across Blackstone, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1976 and the oldest to 1750. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
3,723
Properties Tracked
1976
Median Year Built
$360K
Median Assessed Value
2%
FEMA Flood Zone
1.07M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
Zone 1
Radon Zone
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Blackstone, MAInc. 1662
Blackstone is a small town on the Rhode Island border in the Blackstone River Valley, with a village center that reflects its mill-town heritage. The housing stock includes older worker housing near the mills, post-war single-family development, and the Daniels Farmstead historic area. The Blackstone River and Canal run through the town.
For property professionals, Blackstone is an affordable market at the southern edge of Worcester County, with a housing stock that mixes older mill-era construction with more recent suburban development. The river creates flood zone exposure in some areas.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
81 properties (2%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
3,642
AE
51
A
30
Fire Protection Grades
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
Grade A
854
Grade B
1,443
Grade C
1,042
Grade D
244
Grade E
140
Zone 1
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
40 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Very Low
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
3,723 properties · Median year built 1976 · Avg 1,729 sf
Property Types
Single Family
2,237
Multi-Family
410
Two-Family
346
Vacant Land
299
Institutional
210
Commercial
74
Industrial
60
Other
38
Residential Other
20
Agricultural / Open Space
14
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
11
1800-1849
44
1850-1899
184
1900-1949
575
1950-1979
800
1980-1999
986
2000+
513
Architectural Styles
Colonial
580
Ranch
518
Vacant Land
434
Cape Cod
383
Conventional
281
Split Entry
252
Gambrel
85
Contemporary
53
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Worcester County Registry of Deeds
7
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$475K
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
73%
Owner-Occupied
5%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 98% of Blackstone 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 Blackstone
Worcester County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes0150402054
9,208
Population
2020 Census
3,723
Properties
$360K
Median Assessed
73%
Owner-Occupied
11.4
Square Miles
Blackstone covers 11.4 square miles in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $360K.
Single-family homes account for 2,237 of Blackstone's 3,723 properties and 759 multi-family buildings. There are 74 commercial properties and 299 parcels of vacant land. About 73% of properties are owner-occupied, and 5% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $286K and $458K, with the highest assessed property at $33.5M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
54% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems, and 90% have public water service. Electric service is provided by FITCHBURG GAS & ELEC LIGHT CO. 345 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Blackstone its character.
What Blackstone Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Blackstone's fire protection grade distribution (854 Grade A, 1,443 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Blackstone's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1750 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. 2% of Blackstone 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 Blackstone property intelligence.
3,723 Blackstone properties — each with risk profiles, building data, permit history, and ownership analysis from 140+ sources. Open any property and see the full picture.
Newburyport, MA · Federalist · 3,524 sq ft · 4 bed / 3 bath · Built 1800 · Historic District
NEP Property Intelligence Summary
ConditionC1Fire ClassBFlood ZoneXOwnerIndividualOccupancyOwner-Occupied
Purchased2018 (8yr)Permits11 totalSystems3 updatedLiensClearAssessed$1.6MOcean0.3 mi
EraPre-1940HistoricDesignatedRenovationRecentRadonZone 1
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