Wenham, MA
Essex County42.6046°N, 70.8874°W
Tracking 1,565 properties across Wenham, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1959 and the oldest to 1630. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
1,565
Properties Tracked
1959
Median Year Built
$864K
Median Assessed Value
22%
FEMA Flood Zone
693,056
NEP Data Facts Tracked
15%
Coastal Zone
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Wenham, MAInc. 1635
Wenham is a small residential town that shares a school district and a pastoral character with neighboring Hamilton. Gordon College occupies a significant portion of the town's land area, and the remaining residential parcels tend toward larger lots with single-family homes. Wenham Lake, the water supply for Beverly, creates waterfront properties and environmental constraints in the center of town.
For property professionals, Wenham is one of the quieter markets in Essex County — limited transaction volume, high per-property values, and a housing stock that is predominantly single-family. The town's low density means fire protection and emergency response considerations are relevant for insurance, and the lack of municipal sewer in most areas affects both property valuation and environmental assessment.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
342 properties (22%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
X
1,223
A
192
AE
146
AH
4
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
1
Grade B
407
Grade C
705
Grade D
309
Grade E
143
Coastal & Water Exposure
229 properties (15%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 212 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 1.4 mi from the coastline.
62
Pond
Waterfront
54
Lake
Waterfront
Zone 1
Radon Risk
123 mph
Design Wind Speed
ASCE 7 standard
50 psf
Ground Snow Load
ASCE 7 standard
Very Low
FEMA Risk Index
NRI composite rating
The Property Landscape
1,565 properties · Median year built 1959 · Avg 2,947 sf
Property Types
Single Family
1,119
Institutional
117
Vacant Land
102
Multi-Family
69
Two-Family
60
Other
33
Condominium
28
Mixed Use
16
Commercial
13
Residential Other
4
Construction by Era
Pre-1800
22
1800-1849
30
1850-1899
78
1900-1949
294
1950-1979
516
1980-1999
183
2000+
199
Architectural Styles
Colonial
452
Cape Cod
215
Ranch
161
Old Style
89
Condominium
76
Antique
66
Conventional
54
Contemporary
43
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Essex County Registry of Deeds
22
Sales (12 mo)
Arms-length transactions
$1.1M
Median Sale Price
Past 12 months
77%
Owner-Occupied
2%
Out-of-State Owners
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 96% of Wenham 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 Wenham
Essex County · Massachusetts
Zip Codes019150198201984
4,979
Population
2020 Census
1,565
Properties
$864K
Median Assessed
77%
Owner-Occupied
8.1
Square Miles
Wenham covers 8.1 square miles in Essex County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $864K.
Single-family homes account for 1,119 of Wenham's 1,565 properties and 129 multi-family buildings. There are 102 parcels of vacant land. About 77% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $685K and $1.2M, with the highest assessed property at $35.1M. 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 75% have public water service. Electric service is provided by National Grid (Massachusetts Electric). 229 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Wenham its character.
Environmental note: Wenham has an average EPA lead paint indicator at the 76th percentile nationally, consistent with 130 properties built before 1900 when lead paint was standard.
What Wenham Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
With 22% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 15% in the coastal zone, Wenham concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Wenham's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1630 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. 22% of Wenham 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
Understanding a property's construction era, environmental exposure, and building characteristics before arriving on site transforms inspection from discovery to verification.
Inspection solutionsExplore Wenham property intelligence.
1,565 Wenham 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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