Maynard, MA
Tracking 4,045 properties across Maynard, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1959 and the oldest to 1678. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Maynard, MAInc. 1638
Maynard is a small town built around the Assabet Mills — a massive former wool mill complex on the Assabet River that later housed Digital Equipment Corporation's headquarters and now serves as a mixed-use center for the town. The mill complex defines Maynard's character in a way that few individual properties define any New England town: it's the economic engine, the architectural landmark, and the community gathering point rolled into one.
The residential neighborhoods surrounding the mill are compact and walkable, with a housing stock that includes mill-worker homes from the 19th century, modest post-war development, and some newer infill. For property professionals, Maynard is a small, accessible market with moderate assessed values and a housing stock that skews older and more modest than the affluent communities that surround it — Concord, Sudbury, and Stow.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
90 properties (2%) 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.
The Property Landscape
4,045 properties · Median year built 1959 · Avg 2,387 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Middlesex County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Maynard 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 Maynard
Middlesex County · Massachusetts
Maynard covers 5.4 square miles in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $495K.
Single-family homes account for 2,705 of Maynard's 4,045 properties, with 830 condominiums and 93 multi-family buildings. There are 138 commercial properties and 74 parcels of vacant land. About 77% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $437K and $583K, with the highest assessed property at $55.9M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most of Maynard (97%) is on municipal sewer. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. 403 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Maynard its character.
What Maynard Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Maynard's fire protection grade distribution (961 Grade A, 2,607 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Maynard's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1678 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. 2% of Maynard 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 Maynard property intelligence.
4,045 Maynard 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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