Carlisle, MA
Middlesex County42.5293°N, 71.3495°W
Tracking 2,237 properties across Carlisle, 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.
2,237
Properties Tracked
1979
Median Year Built
$1.1M
Median Assessed Value
4%
FEMA Flood Zone
617,406
NEP Data Facts Tracked
Zone 1
Radon Zone
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Carlisle, MAInc. 1651
Carlisle is a small, affluent residential town with a rural character that it has deliberately preserved through large-lot zoning and conservation land acquisition. The town has no commercial center beyond a small cluster of shops, no traffic lights, and a housing stock that consists almost entirely of single-family homes on lots of two acres or more. The landscape is wooded, hilly, and quiet — closer in character to the rural towns of western Massachusetts than to the suburban communities that surround it.
For property professionals, Carlisle's profile creates specific considerations: private wells and septic systems, limited fire hydrant coverage, and assessed values that are driven heavily by land. The town's proximity to Concord and the Route 2 corridor keeps demand strong despite the rural infrastructure, but the large lot sizes and low density mean every property is essentially unique — comparable selection requires property-level data rather than neighborhood averages.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
80 properties (4%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
2,157
AE
77
A
3
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
82
Grade D
1,658
Grade E
497
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
2,237 properties · Median year built 1979 · Avg 3,073 sf
Property Types
Single Family
1,773
Institutional
195
Vacant Land
139
Condominium
78
Other
12
Mixed Use
10
Commercial
8
Multi-Family
8
Agricultural / Open Space
6
Industrial
4
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
35
1800-1849
36
1850-1899
27
1900-1949
104
1950-1979
790
1980-1999
614
2000+
318
Architectural Styles
Colonial
845
Contemporary
346
Deckhouse
194
Cape Cod
171
Ranch
113
Split Entry
107
Religious School / Hall
76
Government Land
30
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Middlesex County Registry of Deeds
76%
Owner-Occupied
2%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Carlisle 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 Carlisle
Middlesex County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes01741
5,237
Population
2020 Census
2,237
Properties
$1.1M
Median Assessed
76%
Owner-Occupied
15.5
Square Miles
Carlisle covers 15.5 square miles in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $1.1M.
Single-family homes account for 1,773 of Carlisle's 2,237 properties. There are 139 parcels of vacant land. About 76% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $828K and $1.4M, with the highest assessed property at $13.3M. 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 2% have public water service. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. 310 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Carlisle its character.
What Carlisle Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Carlisle's fire protection grade distribution (82 Grade C, 1,658 Grade D) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Carlisle'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. 4% of Carlisle 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 Carlisle property intelligence.
2,237 Carlisle 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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