Peabody, MA
Essex County42.5279°N, 70.9287°W
Tracking 16,682 properties across Peabody, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1960 and the oldest to 1638. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
16,682
Properties Tracked
1960
Median Year Built
$639K
Median Assessed Value
12%
FEMA Flood Zone
7.37M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
13%
Coastal Zone
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Peabody, MAInc. 1626
Peabody is a mid-sized city at the geographic center of Essex County, with a dense downtown core and commercial corridors that serve as a regional retail hub. The city's history in leather tanning and other industries left behind a mixed-use landscape where residential neighborhoods sit alongside former industrial sites, some of which carry environmental considerations that affect property assessment and lending.
The housing stock is diverse: dense multi-family neighborhoods near downtown and the West Peabody areas, single-family subdivisions in South Peabody, and the more affluent neighborhoods along the Brooksby Farm conservation area. The Northshore Mall and Route 1 corridor bring significant commercial property values to the tax base. For professionals working in Peabody, the city's industrial legacy means environmental screening — contamination proximity, brownfield sites, and EPA indicators — is a routine part of due diligence that parcel-level data makes efficient.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
2,024 properties (12%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
14,658
AE
1,561
A
463
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
3,380
Grade B
10,249
Grade C
3,007
Grade D
46
Coastal & Water Exposure
2,168 properties (13%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 1,328 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 2.4 mi from the coastline.
26
SLR 1 ft
Properties affected
29
SLR 3 ft
Properties affected
44
SLR 6 ft
Properties affected
570
Surge Exposure
Cat 1/2/3/4
917
Pond
Waterfront
245
Lake
Waterfront
35
Estuary
Waterfront
Zone 1
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
50 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Relatively Low
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
16,682 properties · Median year built 1960 · Avg 2,002 sf
Property Types
Single Family
11,049
Multi-Family
1,344
Condominium
1,224
Two-Family
836
Institutional
578
Other
488
Commercial
476
Vacant Land
354
Industrial
183
Mixed Use
117
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
19
1800-1849
119
1850-1899
726
1900-1949
3,348
1950-1979
7,019
1980-1999
2,416
2000+
934
Architectural Styles
Ranch
2,748
Old Style
2,251
Colonial
2,057
Split Entry
1,868
Cape Cod
1,793
Townhouse
733
Condominium
600
Garrison Colonial
530
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Essex County Registry of Deeds
281
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$652K
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
73%
Owner-Occupied
2%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 84% of Peabody 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
120,365 municipal building permits on file · 84% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 120,365 building permits across 14,046 Peabody properties — 84% coverage. 6,801 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.
120,365
Permits on File
84%
Coverage
Properties with permits
6,801
Active (5yr)
Recent permit activity
87%
Condition Rated
NEP assessment
Living in Peabody
Essex County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes01960
54,481
Population
2020 Census
16,682
Properties
$639K
Median Assessed
73%
Owner-Occupied
16.8
Square Miles
Peabody covers 16.8 square miles in Essex County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $639K.
Single-family homes account for 11,049 of Peabody's 16,682 properties, with 1,224 condominiums and 2,196 multi-family buildings. There are 476 commercial properties and 354 parcels of vacant land. About 73% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $538K and $761K, with the highest assessed property at $219.1M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most of Peabody (100%) is on municipal sewer. Electric service is provided by Peabody Municipal Light Plant. 1,923 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Peabody its character. 2,315 properties have swimming pools.
Environmental note: Peabody has an average EPA lead paint indicator at the 64th percentile nationally, consistent with 864 properties built before 1900 when lead paint was standard. 8,293 properties exceed at least one EPA environmental justice threshold — a factor in lending compliance and environmental due diligence.
What Peabody Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
With 12% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 13% in the coastal zone, Peabody concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Peabody's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1638 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. 12% of Peabody 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
120,365 permits across 84% of properties means most Peabody inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Peabody property intelligence.
16,682 Peabody 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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