Foster, RI
Tracking 2,652 properties across Foster, Rhode Island — a community where the median home dates to 1972 and the oldest to 1600. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Foster, RI
Foster is one of the most rural towns in Rhode Island — a community of forests, farms, and dispersed residential properties in the state's western hills. The town has no commercial center of any consequence and a population spread thinly across wooded back roads.
For property professionals, Foster is Rhode Island's rural extreme — private wells, private septic, volunteer fire coverage, and property assessments where land dominates the value.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
289 properties (11%) 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
2,652 properties · Median year built 1972 · Avg 1,574 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Providence County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 81% of Foster 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 Foster
Providence County · Rhode Island
Foster covers 50.8 square miles in Providence County, Rhode Island. The median assessed property value is $283K.
Single-family homes account for 1,792 of Foster's 2,652 properties and 104 multi-family buildings. There are 43 commercial properties. About 67% 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 $204K and $365K, with the highest assessed property at $6.2M. 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. Electric service is provided by THE NARRAGANSETT ELECTRIC CO. 368 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Foster its character.
What Foster Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Foster's fire protection grade distribution (86 Grade C, 1,434 Grade D) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Foster's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1600 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. 11% of Foster 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 Foster property intelligence.
2,652 Foster 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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