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Essex County, MA Parcels & GIS Data

Essex County, MA parcel data: 258,763 property records with owner names, assessed values, land use, acreage, and addresses. Preview and download.

Land Records publishes Essex County, Massachusetts parcel data covering 258,763 property records.

This page documents parcel-level coverage for Essex County, Massachusetts. Each parcel record carries its boundary polygon (GIS geometry) along with attributes such as the parcel ID/APN, owner name and mailing address, situs (property) address, assessed land and improvement values, acreage, land-use and zoning codes, year built, and most recent sale price and date. Exact fill rates for Essex County are listed in the attribute-coverage table below. Preview the data in the interactive explorer, or download the complete Essex County property dataset.

Essex County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the total population was 809,829, making it the third-most populous county in the state, and the seventy-eighth-most populous in the country. It is part of the Greater Boston area.

FIPS 25009

Official county website: http://www.essexma.org

The FIPS code for Essex County is 25009.

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Attribute coverage

Essex County contains 258,763 parcels in the current dataset. Column coverage is the percentage of those parcels for which the attribute is populated (non-NULL). For the LBCS columns, only real classifications count: the to-be-determined and not-applicable placeholder codes are excluded.

ColumnCoverageRecords populated
lrid100%258,763
parcelid99.9%258,528
parcelid294.1%243,425
ogparcelid99.9%258,528
ogparcelid294.1%243,425
parentid64.4%166,706
stackid<0.1%0
geoid100%258,763
statefp100%258,763
countyfp100%258,763
countyname100%258,763
cousubfp100%258,763
cousubname100%258,763
tractce100%258,763
tractname100%258,763
taxacctnum3.3%8,422
taxyear100%258,763
taxdistrict<0.1%0
usecode84.4%218,429
usedesc82.2%212,584
zoningcode99.9%258,414
zoningdesc98.5%254,941
numbldgs99.9%258,580
numunits82.3%213,010
yearbuilt75.7%196,010
numfloors77.5%200,665
bldgsqft84.4%218,428
bedrooms3.2%8,333
halfbaths3.2%8,331
fullbaths3.2%8,332
imprvalue84.6%218,947
landvalue84.4%218,428
agvalue8.1%21,029
totalvalue84.4%218,428
taxacres87.5%226,303
calcarea100%258,763
saleamt83.4%215,895
saledate82.2%212,599
ownertype84.2%217,991
ownername84.2%217,991
owneraddr81.4%210,621
ownercity81.5%210,919
ownerstate81.5%210,902
ownerzip81.5%210,861
parceladdr84.0%217,377
parcelcity84.3%218,009
parcelstate100%258,763
parcelzip100%258,763
legaldesc<0.1%0
township<0.1%0
section<0.1%0
qtrsection<0.1%0
range<0.1%0
plssdesc<0.1%0
book76.8%198,731
page76.3%197,349
block16.1%41,708
lot26.1%67,520
parceltype1.3%3,300
accesstype2.2%5,660
iucnclass1.4%3,733
placename3.3%8,460
placetype3.2%8,265
firmid100%258,761
firmdate100%258,761
fldzone100%258,761
zonesubty92.6%239,577
staticbfe4.4%11,407
elevmin99.6%257,685
elevmax99.6%257,685
elevavg99.6%257,685
fireplaces<0.1%0
heating<0.1%21
heatfuel<0.1%21
cooling<0.1%21
foundation<0.1%0
roofcover<0.1%0
siding<0.1%0
bldgtype<0.1%0
naicscode11.8%30,566
frsid<0.1%0
dfrurl<0.1%0
caapermit<0.1%0
cwapermit<0.1%0
rcrapermit<0.1%0
updated100%258,763
centroidx100%258,763
centroidy100%258,763
surfpointx100%258,763
surfpointy100%258,763
geom100%258,763
extras100%258,763
ownerlist63.0%163,033
placefp76.6%198,211
zoningurl66.3%171,562
lbcsactivity98.8%255,733
lbcsfunction97.6%252,511
lbcstype97.6%252,670
lbcscharacter99.3%257,053
lbcsownership84.6%218,909
sourceurl<0.1%0

Schema mapping

How source columns from the acquired Essex County GIS layers map into the harmonized entity schemas and assemble into the published parcel table, alongside supplemented fields (elevation, flood zone) and deterministic columns.

Schema mapping — Essex County, Massachusetts (25009) 2 entities · most recent acquisition per entity · generated 2026-10-10 direct column transformed (expression) geometry extras json supplemented determined ALL ENTITIES → FINAL PARCEL SCHEMA Harmonized entity columns assemble into publish.parcel_layer — matched by column name. Supplemented fields show their fill rate in this county. SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED ENTITIES PUBLISH.PARCEL_LAYER PARCEL parcel_id parcel_num condo gis_acres town_owned block lot last_edit geom 17 cols ⇢ parcelid parcelid2 numunits taxacres ownername block lot updated geom extras ZONING zone geom globalid zoningcode geom extras determined · ground truth 100% lrid 100% geoid 100% statefp 100% countyfp 100% countyname 100% cousubfp 100% cousubname 100% tractce 100% tractname 100% taxyear geom · derived from geometry geom dem.us_1m · USGS 1m DEM 100% elevmin 100% elevmax 100% elevavg s_fld_haz_ar · FEMA NFHL 100% fldzone 92.6% zonesubty 4.4% staticbfe 100% firmdate 100% firmid supplemented · derived / other pipelines 64.4% parentid 84.4% usecode 82.2% usedesc 98.5% zoningdesc 100% numbldgs 75.7% yearbuilt 77.5% numfloors 84.4% bldgsqft 84.6% imprvalue 84.4% landvalue 84.4% totalvalue 83.4% saleamt 82.2% saledate 81.4% owneraddr 81.5% ownercity 81.5% ownerstate 81.5% ownerzip 84.0% parceladdr 84.3% parcelcity 100% parcelstate 100% parcelzip 76.8% book 76.3% page 63.0% ownerlist 76.6% placefp 66.3% zoningurl 98.8% lbcsactivity 97.6% lbcsfunction 97.6% lbcstype 99.3% lbcscharacter 84.6% lbcsownership lrid parcelid parcelid2 ogparcelid ogparcelid2 parentid geoid statefp countyfp countyname cousubfp cousubname tractce tractname taxyear usecode usedesc zoningcode zoningdesc numbldgs numunits yearbuilt numfloors bldgsqft imprvalue landvalue totalvalue taxacres calcarea saleamt saledate ownertype ownername owneraddr ownercity ownerstate ownerzip parceladdr parcelcity parcelstate parcelzip book page block lot firmid firmdate fldzone zonesubty staticbfe elevmin elevmax elevavg updated centroidx centroidy surfpointx surfpointy geom extras ownerlist placefp zoningurl lbcsactivity lbcsfunction lbcstype lbcscharacter lbcsownership publish.parcel_layer columns not fed by these sources (33) — empty or below 50% fill in this county stackid, taxacctnum, taxdistrict, bedrooms, halfbaths, fullbaths, agvalue, legaldesc, township, section, qtrsection, range, plssdesc parceltype, accesstype, iucnclass, placename, placetype, fireplaces, heating, heatfuel, cooling, foundation, roofcover, siding, bldgtype naicscode, frsid, dfrurl, caapermit, cwapermit, rcrapermit, sourceurl PARCEL 9 mapped · 1 transformed · 17 kept in extras · 45 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → PARCEL parcel_id parcel_num condo gis_acres town_owned block lot last_edit geom parcelid parcelid2 numunits (CASE WHEN UPPER(LEFT(TRIM(condo), 1)) IN ('Y', 'T', '1') THEN … taxacres ownername block lot updated geom extras · 17 source columns preserved as json parkschool_name, map_par_id, loc_id, poly_type, map_no source, plan_id, bnd_chk, no_match, town_id, map, agi, row plan_ac, plan_sqf, full_num, feature_id extras not present in source — filled with NULL (45) taxacctnum, taxyear, usecode, usedesc, zoningcode, zoningdesc, numbldgs, yearbuilt, numfloors, bldgsqft, bedrooms, halfbaths, fullbaths imprvalue, landvalue, agvalue, totalvalue, saleamt, saledate, owneraddr, ownercity, ownerstate, ownerzip, parceladdr, parcelcity, parcelstate parcelzip, legaldesc, township, section, qtrsection, range, plssdesc, book, page, sourceurl, taxdistrict, parentid, heatfuel, fireplaces heating, cooling, foundation, roofcover, siding ZONING 3 mapped · 1 transformed · 7 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → ZONING zone geom globalid zoningcode geom extras json_build_object('globalid', COALESCE(globalid::text, ''))::te… not present in source — filled with NULL (7) zoningdesc, zoningtype, ordinance, setbacks, restrictions, notes, sourceurl

Neighboring counties

Parcel data for counties bordering Essex County:

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find Essex County, MA parcel and GIS data?

Land Records publishes a Essex County, MA parcel dataset in which every parcel carries its boundary polygon (GIS geometry) along with ownership, assessed value, land use, acreage, and sale history. Preview it in the interactive explorer on this page, or download the full Essex County, MA dataset as a GeoPackage or CSV.

How many parcels are in Essex County, MA?

The current dataset contains 258,763 parcel records for Essex County, MA, each with its boundary geometry and assessor attributes.

What is the FIPS code for Essex County, MA?

The FIPS code for Essex County, MA is 25009.

What information does each Essex County, MA parcel record include?

Each Essex County, MA parcel record includes the parcel ID/APN, owner name and mailing address, situs (property) address, assessed land and improvement values, acreage, land-use and zoning codes, year built, and the most recent sale price and date — plus the parcel boundary polygon. Per-attribute fill rates are listed in the coverage table on this page.

Is Essex County, MA parcel data free?

You can preview Essex County, MA parcels for free in the interactive explorer. The complete dataset is available as a one-time download or through the nationwide parcel web service; see the download options on this page for current pricing.

Does Essex County, MA have an official GIS or property records website?

Yes — the official Essex County, MA government website is linked in the county details above. Land Records standardizes Essex County, MA assessor and recorder records into a single nationwide parcel schema with GIS boundary geometry.

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