Framingham vs Malden

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

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

Framingham has the higher population (72,013 vs 65,509 in Malden). Framingham has the higher median household income ($98,179 vs $95,298 in Malden). Malden has the higher median home value ($607,500 vs $600,600 in Framingham).

Population, income & housing

	Framingham	Malden
Population	72,013	65,509
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$98,179	$95,298
Median home value	$600,600	$607,500
Median gross rent	$1,853	$2,066
Housing units	28,416	28,043
Homeownership rate	54.8%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Framingham	Malden
Population	72,308 → 72,013 (-0.4%)	60,984 → 65,509 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$82,709 → $98,179 (+18.7%)	$65,975 → $95,298 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$409,400 → $600,600 (+46.7%)	$401,900 → $607,500 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,434 → $1,853 (+29.2%)	$1,577 → $2,066 (+31.0%)

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

Malden

Population

60,98465,509

Median household income

$65,975$95,298

Median home value

$401,900$607,500

Median gross rent

$1,577$2,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Framingham	Malden
Under 5	6.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	22.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.5%
75 and over	6.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Framingham	Malden
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	42.4%
Black or African American	6.2%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	28.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.3%	2.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Framingham	Malden
No high school diploma	11.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	20.9%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Framingham	Malden
Drove alone	63.1%	45.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.7%
Public transit	2.8%	19.3%
Walked	2.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.4%	17.6%
Other means	6.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Framingham	Malden
1-unit, detached	51.7%	24.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	32.6%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	7.7%
20 or more units	19.0%	26.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Framingham	Malden
Poverty rate	11.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1964	1943