Salem, NH
Tracking 13,043 properties across Salem, New Hampshire — a community where the median home dates to 1975 and the oldest to 1640. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Salem, NHInc. 1750
Salem is a large suburban town on the Massachusetts border along I-93, with extensive commercial development — Rockingham Park (now The Mall at Rockingham Park), the Tuscan Village development, and miles of Route 28 retail — that draws Massachusetts shoppers seeking tax-free purchasing. The residential areas are predominantly single-family homes.
For property professionals, Salem is one of the most commercially significant markets in New Hampshire, with a massive retail tax base alongside the suburban residential neighborhoods. The commercial and residential markets function almost independently.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
999 properties (8%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
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
13,043 properties · Median year built 1975 · Avg 2,548 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Rockingham County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 64% of Salem 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
137,296 municipal building permits on file · 70% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 137,296 building permits across 9,078 Salem properties — 70% coverage. 4,998 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.
Living in Salem
Rockingham County · New Hampshire
Salem covers 24.8 square miles in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The median assessed property value is $406K.
Single-family homes account for 8,802 of Salem's 13,043 properties, with 1,932 condominiums and 293 multi-family buildings. There are 260 commercial properties and 578 parcels of vacant land. About 68% of properties are owner-occupied, and 7% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $288K and $527K, with the highest assessed property at $101.3M. 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, and 71% have public water service. Electric service is provided by UNITIL ENERGY SYSTEMS. 517 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Salem its character.
What Salem Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Salem's fire protection grade distribution (13 Grade A, 1,929 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Salem's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1640 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. 8% of Salem 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
137,296 permits across 70% of properties means most Salem inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Salem property intelligence.
13,043 Salem 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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