Halifax, MA
Plymouth County41.9910°N, 70.8620°W
Tracking 3,368 properties across Halifax, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1978 and the oldest to 1720. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
3,368
Properties Tracked
1978
Median Year Built
$441K
Median Assessed Value
5%
FEMA Flood Zone
903,056
NEP Data Facts Tracked
Zone 2
Radon Zone
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Halifax, MAInc. 1670
Halifax is a small, semi-rural town in the center of Plymouth County, with a landscape defined by ponds, cranberry bogs, and wooded residential parcels. The housing stock is predominantly single-family homes, with construction spanning from older village-center properties to newer suburban development. Monponsett Pond and other water features create waterfront properties and recreational amenities.
For property professionals, Halifax is a quiet, affordable market with a housing stock that is more spread out and rural than the South Shore communities to the east. The ponds and bogs create environmental features and some flood zone exposure.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
175 properties (5%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
3,193
A
118
AE
57
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
2
Grade B
263
Grade C
1,697
Grade D
863
Grade E
543
Zone 2
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
30 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Relatively Low
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
3,368 properties · Median year built 1978 · Avg 81,088 sf
Property Types
Single Family
2,516
Two-Family
341
Institutional
289
Commercial
68
Multi-Family
39
Mixed Use
31
Other
28
Agricultural / Open Space
23
Industrial
23
Residential Other
4
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
10
1800-1849
25
1850-1899
35
1900-1949
444
1950-1979
890
1980-1999
925
2000+
400
Architectural Styles
Colonial
606
Ranch
564
Cape Cod
385
Condominium
341
Church / Synagogue
180
Raised Ranch
136
Split Level
91
Antique
52
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
17
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$616K
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
67%
Owner-Occupied
2%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 98% of Halifax 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 Halifax
Plymouth County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes023240233302338023460235902367
7,749
Population
2020 Census
3,368
Properties
$441K
Median Assessed
67%
Owner-Occupied
17.4
Square Miles
Halifax covers 17.4 square miles in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $441K.
Single-family homes account for 2,516 of Halifax's 3,368 properties and 381 multi-family buildings. There are 68 commercial properties. About 67% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $308K and $553K, with the highest assessed property at $11.4M. 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 75% have public water service. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. 235 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Halifax its character.
What Halifax Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Halifax's fire protection grade distribution (2 Grade A, 263 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Halifax's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1720 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. 5% of Halifax 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 Halifax property intelligence.
3,368 Halifax 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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