Boxford, MA
Essex County42.6606°N, 70.9971°W
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.
3,266
Properties Tracked
1979
Median Year Built
$896K
Median Assessed Value
30%
FEMA Flood Zone
1.47M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
Zone 1
Radon Zone
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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.
X
2,301
A
687
AE
278
Fire Protection Grades
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
Grade C
208
Grade D
2,069
Grade E
989
Zone 1
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
50 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Relatively Low
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
3,266 properties · Median year built 1979 · Avg 2,679 sf
Property Types
Single Family
2,690
Vacant Land
223
Institutional
205
Two-Family
49
Multi-Family
29
Agricultural / Open Space
19
Other
14
Condominium
11
Commercial
11
Industrial
10
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
34
1800-1849
48
1850-1899
48
1900-1949
111
1950-1979
1,211
1980-1999
1,045
2000+
305
Architectural Styles
Colonial
1,520
Cape Cod
486
Vacant Land
230
Ranch
220
Contemporary
213
Conventional
95
Raised Ranch
81
Church / Synagogue
67
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Essex County Registry of Deeds
59
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$1.1M
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
79%
Owner-Occupied
2%
Out-of-State Owners
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
Zip Codes01921
8,203
Population
2020 Census
3,266
Properties
$896K
Median Assessed
79%
Owner-Occupied
24.4
Square Miles
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.
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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