Douglas, MA
Worcester County42.0723°N, 71.7133°W
Tracking 4,650 properties across Douglas, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1990 and the oldest to 1727. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
4,650
Properties Tracked
1990
Median Year Built
$389K
Median Assessed Value
2%
FEMA Flood Zone
1.28M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
Zone 1
Radon Zone
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Douglas, MAInc. 1721
Douglas is a rural town on the Rhode Island border in the southeastern corner of Worcester County. The Douglas State Forest covers a significant portion of the town, and the remaining landscape is a mix of older village-center homes and rural residential development on larger lots. Whitins Reservoir and several ponds add waterfront properties.
For property professionals, Douglas is an affordable, rural market with limited commercial activity and the private infrastructure typical of Worcester County's border towns.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
71 properties (2%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
4,579
A
58
AE
13
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
6
Grade B
372
Grade C
702
Grade D
1,439
Grade E
2,131
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
4,650 properties · Median year built 1990 · Avg 1,926 sf
Property Types
Single Family
2,882
Vacant Land
636
Condominium
367
Institutional
355
Other
90
Multi-Family
90
Industrial
79
Commercial
46
Mixed Use
45
Three-Family
24
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
45
1800-1849
73
1850-1899
151
1900-1949
287
1950-1979
666
1980-1999
1,278
2000+
929
Architectural Styles
Colonial
1,197
Cape Cod
565
Ranch
515
Split Entry
241
Condominium
178
Camp/Seasonal
142
Conservation Land
136
Contemporary
113
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Worcester County Registry of Deeds
1
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$439K
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
58%
Owner-Occupied
3%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 97% of Douglas 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 Douglas
Worcester County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes01516
8,983
Population
2020 Census
4,650
Properties
$389K
Median Assessed
58%
Owner-Occupied
38.2
Square Miles
Douglas covers 38.2 square miles in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $389K.
Single-family homes account for 2,882 of Douglas's 4,650 properties, with 367 condominiums and 116 multi-family buildings. There are 46 commercial properties and 636 parcels of vacant land. About 58% of properties are owner-occupied, and 3% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $197K and $510K, with the highest assessed property at $154.9M. 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 25% have public water service. Electric service is provided by FITCHBURG GAS & ELEC LIGHT CO. 289 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Douglas its character.
What Douglas Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Douglas's fire protection grade distribution (6 Grade A, 372 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Douglas's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1727 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 Douglas 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 Douglas property intelligence.
4,650 Douglas 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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