Town pages · Princeton, Massachusetts

Princeton, Massachusetts, by the numbers

Every town has a story its public records already tell. This is Princeton's: 1,264 single-family homes, read the way an investor would read them.

01The housing stock: what Princeton is made of

1,264
single-family homes, of 1,943 parcels in town
16.7%
predate 1940, versus 24.5% statewide
50.6%
stand two stories or more
Princeton single-family homes by era builtPre-190010.9%1900-395.8%1940-597%1960-7929.9%1980-9932.8%2000+13.7%

Princeton skews newer than the state: 46.5% of its single-family homes were built after 1980, against 30.7% statewide. Newer stock means modern systems, and projects that lean toward upgrades rather than rescues.

The median home here is 2,173 square feet with 7 rooms, larger than the state's 1,709. The most common styles: 474 Colonials, 257 Cape Cods, 211 Ranchs.

Public records · Princeton, MA · FY2025
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Which chapter of Princeton's story is your house? In the app, your exact parcel carries its year, style and size, and how it compares to the street around it.

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02What homes are worth here

$498,800
median assessed value, FY2025 tax cycle; not a market price
$428,750
median recorded single-family sale, 2021-2022 window (42 sales)
$164/sf
median assessed building value per square foot of living area
Princeton recorded residential sales per year201521201641201738201840201938202060202142202242

Different numbers describe a home here on purpose. The assessment is the town's tax-cycle figure. The recorded sale is what buyers actually paid, shown for a window where the record is complete; the most recent years are still filling in as deeds record. Town numbers frame the market. They cannot price your house.

Public records · Princeton, MA · FY2025
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The app adds the number that matters for your address: a modeled estimate shown as a dated range, sitting beside your assessment and your home's last recorded sale.

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03The land under it all

2.5 ac
the median single-family lot, roomier than the state's 0.389
89.7%
of lots are an acre or larger
7
zoning districts govern what each lot can become

Zoning draws an invisible buildable envelope on every parcel: setbacks, coverage and height rules that decide what an addition, a second story or an accessory unit can be. Parts of many towns also sit inside wetland buffers and flood zones, where soil-disturbing projects get extra review before permits move.

Public records · Princeton, MA · FY2025
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Princeton is mapped parcel by parcel in ZoneWiew: type your address and see your lot's buildable envelope in 2D and 3D, with wetland and flood no-build lines drawn in red.

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04What projects mean in a town like this

In newer stock, projects lean toward upgrades and additions, not rescues. These guides carry real statewide housing data behind every project:

The town is the context. Your address is the answer.

Wiew carries this picture down to the parcel: your lot's envelope, your home's value as a dated range, what it could become and earn. Princeton is live in the app.

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Figures are computed from the public record's FY2025 assessment cycle and recorded deeds. Assessed values are tax-cycle figures, not market prices; recent-year sale volumes are still filling in as deeds record. Educational information, not an appraisal or legal advice.