Middleborough, MA
Plymouth County41.8932°N, 70.9112°W
Tracking 9,845 properties across Middleborough, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1976 and the oldest to 1690. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
9,845
Properties Tracked
1976
Median Year Built
$430K
Median Assessed Value
4%
FEMA Flood Zone
2.72M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
Zone 2
Radon Zone
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Middleborough, MAInc. 1660
Middleborough is the largest town by area in Plymouth County — and one of the largest in Massachusetts — with a landscape that ranges from the dense village center near the Nemasket River to vast stretches of cranberry bogs, pine forests, and rural residential development. The town's size and diversity make it more complex than a typical suburban community.
For property professionals, Middleborough's scale creates meaningful internal variation. The village center has dense, older housing stock with commercial properties and multi-family buildings. The rural sections have large-lot single-family homes with private infrastructure. Cranberry bogs create agricultural parcels with specialized assessment considerations. The Nemasket River and numerous ponds bring flood zone and waterfront dynamics. Understanding which Middleborough a property sits in requires parcel-level data.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
412 properties (4%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
9,433
A
300
AE
112
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
601
Grade B
1,891
Grade C
3,160
Grade D
1,886
Grade E
2,307
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
9,845 properties · Median year built 1976 · Avg 2,096 sf
Property Types
Single Family
6,093
Vacant Land
1,207
Institutional
678
Multi-Family
586
Commercial
472
Two-Family
428
Agricultural / Open Space
132
Industrial
97
Residential Other
94
Mixed Use
50
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
153
1800-1849
186
1850-1899
598
1900-1949
1,414
1950-1979
1,783
1980-1999
1,828
2000+
1,660
Architectural Styles
Vacant Land
1,592
Colonial
1,494
Ranch
1,222
Cape Cod
1,160
Condominium
519
Raised Ranch
516
Multi-Family
429
Conventional
365
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
1
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$230K
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
62%
Owner-Occupied
3%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Middleborough 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
16,826 municipal building permits on file · 51% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 16,826 building permits across 4,973 Middleborough properties — 51% coverage. 3,213 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.
16,826
Permits on File
51%
Coverage
Properties with permits
3,213
Active (5yr)
Recent permit activity
77%
Condition Rated
NEP assessment
Living in Middleborough
Plymouth County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes023460234702576
24,245
Population
2020 Census
9,845
Properties
$430K
Median Assessed
62%
Owner-Occupied
72.2
Square Miles
Middleborough covers 72.2 square miles in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $430K.
Single-family homes account for 6,093 of Middleborough's 9,845 properties and 1,015 multi-family buildings. There are 472 commercial properties and 1,207 parcels of vacant land. About 62% 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 $276K and $543K, 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.
21% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems, and 73% have public water service. Electric service is provided by TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH - (MA). 247 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Middleborough its character.
What Middleborough Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Middleborough's fire protection grade distribution (601 Grade A, 1,891 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Middleborough's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1690 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. 4% of Middleborough 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
16,826 permits across 51% of properties means most Middleborough inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Middleborough property intelligence.
9,845 Middleborough 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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