Framingham vs Lowell

A side-by-side comparison of Framingham and Lowell: population, income, housing, and more.

Framingham and Lowell are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lowell has the higher population (114,799 vs 72,013 in Framingham). Framingham has the higher median household income ($98,179 vs $76,205 in Lowell). Framingham has the higher median home value ($600,600 vs $395,100 in Lowell).

Population, income & housing

	Framingham	Lowell
Population	72,013	114,799
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,179	$76,205
Median home value	$600,600	$395,100
Median gross rent	$1,853	$1,603
Housing units	28,416	44,110
Homeownership rate	54.8%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Framingham	Lowell
Population	72,308 → 72,013 (-0.4%)	111,306 → 114,799 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$82,709 → $98,179 (+18.7%)	$56,878 → $76,205 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$409,400 → $600,600 (+46.7%)	$269,800 → $395,100 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,434 → $1,853 (+29.2%)	$1,158 → $1,603 (+38.4%)

Framingham

Population

72,30872,013

Median household income

$82,709$98,179

Median home value

$409,400$600,600

Median gross rent

$1,434$1,853

Lowell

Population

111,306114,799

Median household income

$56,878$76,205

Median home value

$269,800$395,100

Median gross rent

$1,158$1,603

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Framingham	Lowell
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.6%
75 and over	6.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Framingham	Lowell
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	44.2%
Black or African American	6.2%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	6.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	9.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Framingham	Lowell
No high school diploma	11.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	20.9%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Framingham	Lowell
Drove alone	63.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.6%
Public transit	2.8%	2.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.4%	10.0%
Other means	6.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Framingham	Lowell
1-unit, detached	51.7%	30.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	26.8%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	16.9%
20 or more units	19.0%	17.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Framingham	Lowell
Poverty rate	11.0%	16.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1964	1954