Dartmouth, MA
Tracking 14,722 properties across Dartmouth, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1971 and the oldest to 1650. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Dartmouth, MAInc. 1650
Dartmouth is a large town on Buzzards Bay in the southeastern corner of Bristol County, stretching from the urban edge of New Bedford on the west to the coastal villages of Padanaram and Round Hill on the south. The town's geography creates two distinct property environments: the denser, more affordable neighborhoods near the New Bedford border, and the waterfront communities along the coast where assessed values climb significantly.
Padanaram Harbor is one of the premier sailing harbors on the South Coast, and the surrounding neighborhood has a village character with shops, restaurants, and homes that command coastal premiums. The UMass Dartmouth campus occupies significant land area in the town's center. For property professionals, Dartmouth's split between its inland and coastal halves creates meaningful variation in assessed values, risk profiles, and buyer demographics within a single municipality.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
1,449 properties (10%) 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.
Coastal & Water Exposure
7,554 properties (51%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 1,786 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 0 ft from the coastline.
The Property Landscape
14,722 properties · Median year built 1971 · Avg 2,030 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Bristol County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Dartmouth properties. Ownership intelligence includes transaction history, entity detection, portfolio identification, and lien analysis — assembled from public registry records into a single property-level profile.
Building Permits & Maintenance
67,426 municipal building permits on file · 71% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 67,426 building permits across 10,391 Dartmouth properties — 71% coverage. 5,821 properties have permit activity in the last five years.
Each permit record reveals maintenance decisions: roof replacements, electrical upgrades, kitchen renovations, solar installations. For insurance, lending, and appraisal professionals, permit history is the most objective evidence of property condition available from public records.
Living in Dartmouth
Bristol County · Massachusetts
Dartmouth covers 62.0 square miles in Bristol County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $437K.
Single-family homes account for 10,324 of Dartmouth's 14,722 properties and 997 multi-family buildings. There are 547 commercial properties and 1,670 parcels of vacant land. About 64% of properties are owner-occupied, and 4% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $321K and $616K, with the highest assessed property at $76.9M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
63% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems, and 71% have public water service. Electric service is provided by TOWN OF NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH - (MA). 1,085 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Dartmouth its character. 340 properties have swimming pools.
What Dartmouth Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
With 10% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 51% in the coastal zone, Dartmouth concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Dartmouth's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1650 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. 10% of Dartmouth 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
67,426 permits across 71% of properties means most Dartmouth inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Dartmouth property intelligence.
14,722 Dartmouth 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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