Hingham, MA
Tracking 8,894 properties across Hingham, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1964 and the oldest to 1640. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Hingham, MAInc. 1633
Hingham is an affluent South Shore town with a harbor, a nationally recognized historic town center, and a housing stock that reflects over 375 years of continuous settlement. The town center — centered on Main Street and the Old Ship Church, the oldest continuously used church building in the country — has one of the finest collections of colonial and Federal architecture in Plymouth County. The harbor-front neighborhoods and the estates along the coast command the town's highest values.
The Hingham Shipyard, a former naval ammunition depot redeveloped into a mixed-use waterfront community with a commuter ferry terminal, has added modern condominiums and retail to the town's property base. For property professionals, Hingham is a high-value market with significant variation — the waterfront estates, the historic village homes, the suburban subdivisions, and the shipyard condos each represent distinct sub-markets with different risk and value profiles.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
555 properties (6%) 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
3,106 properties (35%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 1,658 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 2,693 ft from the coastline.
The Property Landscape
8,894 properties · Median year built 1964 · Avg 3,097 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Hingham 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
34,290 municipal building permits on file · 64% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 34,290 building permits across 5,667 Hingham properties — 64% coverage. 3,656 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 Hingham
Plymouth County · Massachusetts
Hingham covers 22.7 square miles in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $993K.
Single-family homes account for 6,262 of Hingham's 8,894 properties and 1,391 multi-family buildings. There are 291 commercial properties and 335 parcels of vacant land. About 76% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $689K and $1.4M, with the highest assessed property at $204.1M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most of Hingham (100%) is on municipal sewer, and 94% have public water service. Electric service is provided by CITY OF HINGHAM - (MA). 1,167 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Hingham its character. 310 properties have swimming pools.
What Hingham Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
With 6% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 35% in the coastal zone, Hingham concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Hingham's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1640 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. 6% of Hingham 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
34,290 permits across 64% of properties means most Hingham inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Hingham property intelligence.
8,894 Hingham 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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