Wareham, MA
Plymouth County41.7626°N, 70.7217°W
Tracking 11,818 properties across Wareham, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1952 and the oldest to 1648. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
11,818
Properties Tracked
1952
Median Year Built
$358K
Median Assessed Value
38%
FEMA Flood Zone
3.22M
NEP Data Facts Tracked
80%
Coastal Zone
Click any parcel to view intelligence
Wareham, MAInc. 1678
Wareham sits at the gateway to Cape Cod, where the Wareham River and several smaller waterways meet Buzzards Bay. The town's sprawling geography includes the dense Wareham village center, the waterfront communities of Onset and Onset Bay, and large tracts of cranberry bogs and pine forest in the interior. Onset, historically a summer resort community with a distinct identity, brings a different housing character — smaller cottages, denser development, and more direct coastal exposure.
For property professionals, Wareham's variety creates multiple sub-markets within a single municipality. The coastal exposure along Buzzards Bay brings flood zones and storm risk. The cranberry bogs create agricultural parcels. The village center has older, denser housing. And the rural interior has dispersed single-family development. Assessed values span a wide range, and the property types and risk profiles are too varied for town-level generalizations.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
4,482 properties (38%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
7,336
AE
3,191
VE
1,236
A
50
AO
5
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
490
Grade B
3,484
Grade C
7,049
Grade D
708
Grade E
87
Coastal & Water Exposure
9,416 properties (80%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 4,201 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 0 ft from the coastline.
1,521
SLR 1 ft
Properties affected
2,091
SLR 3 ft
Properties affected
3,088
SLR 6 ft
Properties affected
9,370
Surge Exposure
Cat 1/2/3/4
2,196
Estuary
Waterfront
505
Marine
Waterfront
391
Lake
Waterfront
Zone 2
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
25 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Relatively Low
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
11,818 properties · Median year built 1952 · Avg 1,379 sf
Property Types
Single Family
6,718
Vacant Land
2,011
Institutional
894
Commercial
500
Two-Family
430
Multi-Family
383
Agricultural / Open Space
250
Residential Other
230
Other
229
Industrial
105
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
25
1800-1849
43
1850-1899
248
1900-1949
3,247
1950-1979
2,404
1980-1999
963
2000+
1,177
Architectural Styles
Vacant Land
2,522
Ranch
1,818
Conventional
1,396
Bungalow
1,204
Cape Cod
978
Colonial
866
Other
306
Raised Ranch
242
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
1
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$70K
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
33%
Owner-Occupied
7%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 97% of Wareham 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
47,256 municipal building permits on file · 59% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 47,256 building permits across 6,933 Wareham properties — 59% coverage. 4,185 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.
47,256
Permits on File
59%
Coverage
Properties with permits
4,185
Active (5yr)
Recent permit activity
69%
Condition Rated
NEP assessment
Living in Wareham
Plymouth County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes0025702330023600253202538025580257102576
23,303
Population
2020 Census
11,818
Properties
$358K
Median Assessed
33%
Owner-Occupied
37.1
Square Miles
Wareham covers 37.1 square miles in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $358K.
Single-family homes account for 6,718 of Wareham's 11,818 properties and 819 multi-family buildings. There are 500 commercial properties and 2,011 parcels of vacant land. About 33% 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 $99K and $480K, with the highest assessed property at $64.4M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
52% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. 468 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Wareham its character.
What Wareham Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
With 38% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 80% in the coastal zone, Wareham concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Wareham's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1648 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. 38% of Wareham 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
47,256 permits across 59% of properties means most Wareham inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Wareham property intelligence.
11,818 Wareham 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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