Rockland, MA
Plymouth County42.1307°N, 70.9162°W
Tracking 6,209 properties across Rockland, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1958 and the oldest to 1700. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
6,209
Properties Tracked
1958
Median Year Built
$473K
Median Assessed Value
5%
FEMA Flood Zone
1.75M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
Zone 2
Radon Zone
Click any parcel to view intelligence
Rockland, MAInc. 1673
Rockland is a compact suburban town on the South Shore, with a dense town center and residential neighborhoods of single-family and two-family homes. The town's shoe manufacturing heritage left behind a built environment that is denser and more working-class than the surrounding South Shore communities. Route 123 and Route 228 provide the primary commercial corridors.
For property professionals, Rockland is an affordable market by South Shore standards, with a housing stock that is older and denser than the neighboring communities. Building condition and systems age are the key assessment variables in a market where most properties predate 1970.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
310 properties (5%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
5,899
A
246
AE
64
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
809
Grade B
2,788
Grade C
2,205
Grade D
292
Grade E
115
Zone 2
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
35 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Relatively Low
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
6,209 properties · Median year built 1958 · Avg 28,906 sf
Property Types
Single Family
4,042
Two-Family
949
Multi-Family
509
Institutional
294
Commercial
231
Industrial
126
Mixed Use
35
Vacant Land
10
Other
3
Three-Family
3
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
10
1800-1849
98
1850-1899
562
1900-1949
1,194
1950-1979
1,931
1980-1999
1,237
2000+
606
Architectural Styles
Conventional
1,350
Condominium
999
Ranch
877
Colonial
821
Cape Cod
587
Raised Ranch
275
Split Level
102
Church / Synagogue
95
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
13
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$530K
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
74%
Owner-Occupied
2%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Rockland 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
6,174 municipal building permits on file · 37% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 6,174 building permits across 2,277 Rockland properties — 37% coverage. 2,277 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.
6,174
Permits on File
37%
Coverage
Properties with permits
2,277
Active (5yr)
Recent permit activity
91%
Condition Rated
NEP assessment
Living in Rockland
Plymouth County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes02370
17,803
Population
2020 Census
6,209
Properties
$473K
Median Assessed
74%
Owner-Occupied
10.1
Square Miles
Rockland covers 10.1 square miles in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $473K.
Single-family homes account for 4,042 of Rockland's 6,209 properties and 1,461 multi-family buildings. There are 231 commercial properties. About 74% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $406K and $572K, with the highest assessed property at $131.7M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most of Rockland (81%) is on municipal sewer, and 95% have public water service. 624 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Rockland its character.
What Rockland Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Rockland's fire protection grade distribution (809 Grade A, 2,788 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Rockland's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1700 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. 5% of Rockland 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
6,174 permits across 37% of properties means most Rockland inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Rockland property intelligence.
6,209 Rockland 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
Cite this data
Source: NE Provenance, “Professional Property Intelligence for New England,” neprovenance.com/insights/town/rockland-ma. For references or attribution, please link back to this page or neprovenance.com. Thank you, we appreciate it.