Boxford, MA
Tracking 3,266 properties across Boxford, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1979 and the oldest to 1680. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Boxford, MAInc. 1645
Boxford is one of the most rural communities in Essex County — a town of wooded lots, horse farms, and winding roads where the median lot size dwarfs anything in the neighboring cities. There is no commercial center to speak of, no public water or sewer in most areas, and a housing stock that trends toward larger single-family homes on multi-acre parcels.
For insurance and lending professionals, Boxford presents a specific set of considerations: longer fire department response times due to the rural road network, private wells and septic systems on nearly every property, and mature tree canopy that brings both wildfire exposure and falling-tree risk during nor'easters. The town's assessed values are among the highest in the county, but the lack of comparable density makes appraisal work here different from the more urban North Shore communities.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
965 properties (30%) 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
3,266 properties · Median year built 1979 · Avg 2,679 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Essex County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Boxford 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 Boxford
Essex County · Massachusetts
Boxford covers 24.4 square miles in Essex County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $896K.
Single-family homes account for 2,690 of Boxford's 3,266 properties and 79 multi-family buildings. There are 223 parcels of vacant land. About 79% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $717K and $1.1M, with the highest assessed property at $103.7M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most properties rely on private septic systems, and 3% have public water service. Electric service is provided by National Grid (Massachusetts Electric). 464 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Boxford its character.
Environmental note: Boxford has an average EPA lead paint indicator at the 54th percentile nationally, consistent with 130 properties built before 1900 when lead paint was standard.
What Boxford Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Boxford's fire protection grade distribution (208 Grade C, 2,069 Grade D) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Boxford's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1680 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. 30% of Boxford 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 Boxford property intelligence.
3,266 Boxford 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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