Hingham, MA
Plymouth County42.2418°N, 70.8898°W
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.
8,894
Properties Tracked
1964
Median Year Built
$993K
Median Assessed Value
6%
FEMA Flood Zone
2.50M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
35%
Coastal Zone
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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.
X
8,339
AE
373
A
148
VE
34
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
1,644
Grade B
3,996
Grade C
3,063
Grade D
191
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.
309
SLR 1 ft
Properties affected
354
SLR 3 ft
Properties affected
683
SLR 6 ft
Properties affected
2,089
Surge Exposure
Cat 1/2/3/4
751
Pond
Waterfront
698
Estuary
Waterfront
27
Lake
Waterfront
Zone 2
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
35 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Relatively Low
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
8,894 properties · Median year built 1964 · Avg 3,097 sf
Property Types
Single Family
6,262
Two-Family
1,162
Institutional
470
Vacant Land
335
Commercial
291
Multi-Family
229
Industrial
106
Mixed Use
19
Agricultural / Open Space
9
Other
7
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
204
1800-1849
281
1850-1899
538
1900-1949
1,668
1950-1979
2,939
1980-1999
1,179
2000+
1,333
Architectural Styles
Colonial
2,627
Condominium
1,295
Cape Cod
1,170
Conventional
746
Vacant Land
577
Ranch
516
Raised Ranch
222
Bungalow
173
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
76%
Owner-Occupied
2%
Out-of-State Owners
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.
34,290
Permits on File
64%
Coverage
Properties with permits
3,656
Active (5yr)
Recent permit activity
92%
Condition Rated
NEP assessment
Living in Hingham
Plymouth County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes020430206102189
24,284
Population
2020 Census
8,894
Properties
$993K
Median Assessed
76%
Owner-Occupied
22.7
Square Miles
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.
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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