Phillipston, MA
Tracking 1,429 properties across Phillipston, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1981 and the oldest to 1740. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Phillipston, MAInc. 1751
Phillipston is a small, rural town in the northern part of Worcester County, with a very sparse population and a landscape of forests, stone walls, and dispersed farmsteads. The town has no commercial activity of any scale and minimal municipal infrastructure.
For property professionals, Phillipston is at the furthest rural extreme of the Worcester County market — very few properties, very low values, and private infrastructure on every parcel.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
No properties in Phillipston fall within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas.
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
1,429 properties · Median year built 1981 · Avg 1,080 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Worcester County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 95% of Phillipston 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 Phillipston
Worcester County · Massachusetts
Phillipston covers 24.6 square miles in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $289K.
Single-family homes account for 824 of Phillipston's 1,429 properties. There are 23 commercial properties and 326 parcels of vacant land. About 50% of properties are owner-occupied, and 6% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $51K and $420K. 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. 86 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Phillipston its character.
What Phillipston Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Phillipston's fire protection grade distribution (30 Grade C, 607 Grade D) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Phillipston's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1740 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 Phillipston property intelligence.
1,429 Phillipston 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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