New Braintree, MA
Worcester County42.3166°N, 72.1265°W
Tracking 749 properties across New Braintree, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1986 and the oldest to 1750. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
749
Properties Tracked
1986
Median Year Built
$207K
Median Assessed Value
0%
FEMA Flood Zone
200,343
NEP Data Facts Tracked
Zone 1
Radon Zone
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New Braintree, MAInc. 1709
New Braintree is one of the most rural and smallest towns in Worcester County, with a landscape of farms, forests, and a handful of homes dispersed along country roads. The town has no commercial center and minimal municipal services.
For property professionals, New Braintree represents the most rural end of the Worcester County market — very few properties, very low transaction volume, and assessments driven primarily by land value.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
No properties in New Braintree fall within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas.
AREA NOT INCLUDED
749
Fire Protection Grades
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
Grade C
16
Grade D
303
Grade E
430
Zone 1
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
50 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Very Low
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
749 properties · Median year built 1986 · Avg 1,958 sf
Property Types
Single Family
305
Vacant Land
133
Agricultural / Open Space
109
Institutional
78
Mixed Use
67
Multi-Family
18
Commercial
14
Residential Other
11
Condominium
6
Other
5
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
4
1800-1849
30
1850-1899
14
1900-1949
38
1950-1979
73
1980-1999
148
2000+
88
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Worcester County Registry of Deeds
44%
Owner-Occupied
3%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 95% of New Braintree 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 New Braintree
Worcester County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes01531
996
Population
2020 Census
749
Properties
$207K
Median Assessed
44%
Owner-Occupied
20.9
Square Miles
New Braintree covers 20.9 square miles in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $207K.
Single-family homes account for 305 of New Braintree's 749 properties. There are 133 parcels of vacant land. About 44% 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 $16K and $397K, with the highest assessed property at $21.2M. 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. Electric service is provided by FITCHBURG GAS & ELEC LIGHT CO. 61 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give New Braintree its character.
What New Braintree Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
New Braintree's fire protection grade distribution (16 Grade C, 303 Grade D) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
New Braintree's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1750 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. 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 New Braintree property intelligence.
749 New Braintree 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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