Durham, NH
Tracking 2,671 properties across Durham, New Hampshire — a community where the median home dates to 1974 and the oldest to 1649. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Durham, NHInc. 1635
Durham is home to the University of New Hampshire, and the university dominates virtually every aspect of the town's property market. Student rental demand drives the multi-family market, the campus occupies a large share of the land area, and the town's population swings dramatically between academic terms and breaks.
For property professionals, Durham is a college-town market where rental economics, student housing demand, and institutional land use are the defining factors. The Oyster River creates tidal flood considerations in the eastern sections.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
322 properties (12%) 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
2,671 properties · Median year built 1974 · Avg 3,041 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Strafford County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 68% of Durham 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 Durham
Strafford County · New Hampshire
Durham covers 22.4 square miles in Strafford County, New Hampshire. The median assessed property value is $545K.
Single-family homes account for 1,825 of Durham's 2,671 properties, with 185 condominiums. There are 39 commercial properties and 75 parcels of vacant land. About 71% of properties are owner-occupied, and 5% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $436K and $675K, with the highest assessed property at $879.2M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
31% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems, and 44% have public water service. Electric service is provided by UNITIL ENERGY SYSTEMS. 224 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Durham its character.
What Durham Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Durham's fire protection grade distribution (135 Grade A, 784 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Durham's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1649 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. 12% of Durham 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 Durham property intelligence.
2,671 Durham 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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