Framingham vs Newton

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

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

Newton has the higher population (88,504 vs 72,013 in Framingham). Newton has the higher median household income ($184,989 vs $98,179 in Framingham). Newton has the higher median home value ($1,202,500 vs $600,600 in Framingham).

Population, income & housing

	Framingham	Newton
Population	72,013	88,504
Median age	37.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,179	$184,989
Median home value	$600,600	$1,202,500
Median gross rent	$1,853	$2,388
Housing units	28,416	33,531
Homeownership rate	54.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	80.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Framingham	Newton
Population	72,308 → 72,013 (-0.4%)	88,593 → 88,504 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$82,709 → $98,179 (+18.7%)	$151,068 → $184,989 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$409,400 → $600,600 (+46.7%)	$914,700 → $1,202,500 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,434 → $1,853 (+29.2%)	$1,940 → $2,388 (+23.1%)

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

Newton

Population

88,59388,504

Median household income

$151,068$184,989

Median home value

$914,700$1,202,500

Median gross rent

$1,940$2,388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Framingham	Newton
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.1%
75 and over	6.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Framingham	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	69.8%
Black or African American	6.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	9.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Framingham	Newton
No high school diploma	11.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	20.9%	6.6%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	52.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Framingham	Newton
Drove alone	63.1%	49.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.6%
Public transit	2.8%	8.7%
Walked	2.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.8%
Worked from home	17.4%	28.7%
Other means	6.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Framingham	Newton
1-unit, detached	51.7%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	5.9%
20 or more units	19.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Framingham	Newton
Poverty rate	11.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1964	1940