Whitman, MA
Tracking 5,380 properties across Whitman, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1960 and the oldest to 1700. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Whitman, MAInc. 1670
Whitman is a small, compact suburban town on the South Shore, with a dense center and residential neighborhoods of single-family and two-family homes. Like neighboring Brockton and Abington, Whitman's industrial heritage in shoe manufacturing created a denser, more working-class built environment than the more affluent South Shore communities.
For property professionals, Whitman is an affordable South Shore market with a housing stock that skews older and denser than the surrounding communities. Building condition is the primary assessment variable in a market where most properties share similar ages, sizes, and construction types.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
134 properties (2%) 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
5,380 properties · Median year built 1960 · Avg 2,135 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Whitman 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 Whitman
Plymouth County · Massachusetts
Whitman covers 7.0 square miles in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $463K.
Single-family homes account for 3,460 of Whitman's 5,380 properties, with 872 condominiums and 351 multi-family buildings. There are 159 commercial properties and 164 parcels of vacant land. About 75% of properties are owner-occupied.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $408K and $547K, with the highest assessed property at $14.0M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most of Whitman (98%) is on municipal sewer, and 93% have public water service. 480 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Whitman its character.
What Whitman Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Whitman's fire protection grade distribution (903 Grade A, 2,591 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Whitman'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. 2% of Whitman 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 Whitman property intelligence.
5,380 Whitman 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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