Marshfield, MA
Plymouth County42.0918°N, 70.7056°W
Tracking 12,771 properties across Marshfield, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1968 and the oldest to 1630. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
12,771
Properties Tracked
1968
Median Year Built
$637K
Median Assessed Value
22%
FEMA Flood Zone
3.57M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
84%
Coastal Zone
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Marshfield, MAInc. 1632
Marshfield is a South Shore town with a long stretch of barrier beach — Marshfield Beach, Rexhame Beach, and Green Harbor — that creates some of the most direct coastal exposure in Plymouth County. The town's inland areas are more suburban, with single-family homes on moderate lots, but the coastal neighborhoods face the full range of oceanfront risk: flood zones, storm surge, erosion, and wind.
The Green Harbor area has been repeatedly affected by coastal storms, and the flood zone designations along the coast are among the most consequential on the South Shore. For property professionals, Marshfield's split between its exposed coastal neighborhoods and its protected inland areas creates two very different risk environments within a single municipality — the kind of variation that requires parcel-level flood zone and coastal proximity data.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
2,809 properties (22%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
9,962
AE
2,149
AO
397
VE
231
A
32
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
583
Grade B
2,861
Grade C
7,568
Grade D
1,511
Grade E
248
Coastal & Water Exposure
10,665 properties (84%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 3,615 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 0 ft from the coastline.
1,542
SLR 1 ft
Properties affected
2,228
SLR 3 ft
Properties affected
3,670
SLR 6 ft
Properties affected
5,369
Surge Exposure
Cat 1/2/3/4
1,419
Estuary
Waterfront
375
Marine
Waterfront
206
Pond
Waterfront
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
12,771 properties · Median year built 1968 · Avg 1,986 sf
Property Types
Single Family
9,319
Institutional
1,070
Condominium
901
Vacant Land
740
Commercial
279
Multi-Family
143
Industrial
124
Mixed Use
85
Other
63
Two-Family
25
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
124
1800-1849
117
1850-1899
238
1900-1949
1,975
1950-1979
4,873
1980-1999
2,083
2000+
1,466
Architectural Styles
Colonial
3,414
Cape Cod
1,551
Ranch
1,316
Condominium
971
Old Style
895
Religious School / Hall
432
Church / Synagogue
338
Split Level
220
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
55
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$755K
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
57%
Owner-Occupied
3%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Marshfield 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
45,820 municipal building permits on file · 66% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 45,820 building permits across 8,360 Marshfield properties — 66% coverage. 5,288 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.
45,820
Permits on File
66%
Coverage
Properties with permits
5,288
Active (5yr)
Recent permit activity
85%
Condition Rated
NEP assessment
Living in Marshfield
Plymouth County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes02050
25,825
Population
2020 Census
12,771
Properties
$637K
Median Assessed
57%
Owner-Occupied
28.6
Square Miles
Marshfield covers 28.6 square miles in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $637K.
Single-family homes account for 9,319 of Marshfield's 12,771 properties, with 901 condominiums and 169 multi-family buildings. There are 279 commercial properties and 740 parcels of vacant land. About 57% of properties are owner-occupied, and 3% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $470K and $831K, with the highest assessed property at $271.4M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
36% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems, and 93% have public water service. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. 1,022 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Marshfield its character. 362 properties have swimming pools.
What Marshfield Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
With 22% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 84% in the coastal zone, Marshfield concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Marshfield's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1630 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. 22% of Marshfield 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
45,820 permits across 66% of properties means most Marshfield inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Marshfield property intelligence.
12,771 Marshfield 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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