Framingham vs Medford

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

Framingham and Medford 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 59,062 in Medford). Medford has the higher median household income ($118,089 vs $98,179 in Framingham). Medford has the higher median home value ($715,500 vs $600,600 in Framingham).

Population, income & housing

	Framingham	Medford
Population	72,013	59,062
Median age	37.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,179	$118,089
Median home value	$600,600	$715,500
Median gross rent	$1,853	$2,477
Housing units	28,416	25,879
Homeownership rate	54.8%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Framingham	Medford
Population	72,308 → 72,013 (-0.4%)	57,637 → 59,062 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$82,709 → $98,179 (+18.7%)	$96,455 → $118,089 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$409,400 → $600,600 (+46.7%)	$500,800 → $715,500 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,434 → $1,853 (+29.2%)	$1,817 → $2,477 (+36.3%)

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

Medford

Population

57,63759,062

Median household income

$96,455$118,089

Median home value

$500,800$715,500

Median gross rent

$1,817$2,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Framingham	Medford
Under 5	6.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	9.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	22.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.2%
75 and over	6.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Framingham	Medford
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	66.9%
Black or African American	6.2%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	12.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	9.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Framingham	Medford
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	20.9%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Framingham	Medford
Drove alone	63.1%	50.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.2%
Public transit	2.8%	14.1%
Walked	2.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.9%
Worked from home	17.4%	22.2%
Other means	6.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Framingham	Medford
1-unit, detached	51.7%	32.3%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	34.5%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	4.5%
20 or more units	19.0%	21.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Framingham	Medford
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1964	1944