Woburn, MA
Tracking 14,058 properties across Woburn, Massachusetts — a community where the median home dates to 1962 and the oldest to 1661. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Woburn, MAInc. 1640
Woburn is a mid-sized city at the intersection of I-93 and I-95/Route 128 — a location that has made it both a commercial hub and a residential community with a complex environmental history. The city gained national attention in the 1980s through the contamination case documented in "A Civil Action," and while the cleanup is long complete, the environmental legacy remains relevant for property assessment and lending in affected areas.
The housing stock ranges from dense multi-family neighborhoods near the commercial core to single-family subdivisions in the Horn Pond and Montvale areas. The commercial corridors along Route 128, Commerce Way, and Mishawum Road bring significant office, retail, and industrial properties. For property professionals, Woburn's combination of commercial density, environmental history, and varied housing stock makes it a market where parcel-level intelligence on environmental screening, building condition, and property type is particularly valuable.
Risk Profile
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon — parcel by parcel
FEMA Flood Zones
281 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
14,058 properties · Median year built 1962 · Avg 3,106 sf
Property Types
Construction by Era
Architectural Styles
Market Activity
Recorded transactions from Middlesex County Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 99% of Woburn 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
15,991 municipal building permits on file · 35% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 15,991 building permits across 4,892 Woburn properties — 35% coverage. 4,740 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 Woburn
Middlesex County · Massachusetts
Woburn covers 12.9 square miles in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The median assessed property value is $611K.
Single-family homes account for 8,154 of Woburn's 14,058 properties and 3,854 multi-family buildings. There are 432 commercial properties and 419 parcels of vacant land. About 66% of properties are owner-occupied, and 2% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $512K and $732K, with the highest assessed property at $164.1M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
Most of Woburn (100%) is on municipal sewer. Electric service is provided by NSTAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. 1,603 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Woburn its character.
What Woburn Property Intelligence Means for Professionals
Insurance & Underwriting
Woburn's fire protection grade distribution (3,870 Grade A, 8,742 Grade B) directly affects premium calculation. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsReal Estate & Appraisal
Woburn's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1661 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 Woburn 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
15,991 permits across 35% of properties means most Woburn inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutionsExplore Woburn property intelligence.
14,058 Woburn 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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