Madison, CT
Tracking 8,586 properties across Madison, Connecticut — a community where the median home dates to 1974 and the oldest to 1670. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Madison, CTInc. 1826
Madison is an affluent shoreline town on Long Island Sound between Guilford and Clinton, with a well-regarded school system and a housing stock that ranges from waterfront homes along the beach to colonial-era properties near the town center to suburban development inland. The town's beach and Hammonasset Beach State Park draw summer visitors.
For property professionals, Madison is a premium shoreline market with coastal flood exposure along the Sound, high assessed values, and the demand dynamics driven by schools and beach access.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
1,382 properties (16%) 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
5,436 properties (63%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 2,097 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 0 ft from the coastline.
The Property Landscape
8,586 properties · Median year built 1974 · Avg 2,273 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from South Central Connecticut Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 95% of Madison 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 Madison
South Central Connecticut · Connecticut
Madison covers 36.1 square miles in South Central Connecticut, Connecticut. The median assessed property value is $539K.
Single-family homes account for 6,512 of Madison's 8,586 properties, with 816 condominiums and 93 multi-family buildings. There are 211 commercial properties and 307 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 $416K and $798K, with the highest assessed property at $210.2M. 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, and 48% have public water service. Electric service is provided by UNITED ILLUMINATING CO. 2,579 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Madison its character.
What Madison Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
With 16% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 63% in the coastal zone, Madison concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Madison's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1670 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. 16% of Madison 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 Madison property intelligence.
8,586 Madison 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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