Framingham vs Somerville

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

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

Somerville has the higher population (80,549 vs 72,013 in Framingham). Somerville has the higher median household income ($127,056 vs $98,179 in Framingham). Somerville has the higher median home value ($899,400 vs $600,600 in Framingham).

Population, income & housing

	Framingham	Somerville
Population	72,013	80,549
Median age	37.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,179	$127,056
Median home value	$600,600	$899,400
Median gross rent	$1,853	$2,468
Housing units	28,416	37,583
Homeownership rate	54.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Framingham	Somerville
Population	72,308 → 72,013 (-0.4%)	80,906 → 80,549 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$82,709 → $98,179 (+18.7%)	$97,328 → $127,056 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$409,400 → $600,600 (+46.7%)	$664,700 → $899,400 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,434 → $1,853 (+29.2%)	$1,874 → $2,468 (+31.7%)

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

Somerville

Population

80,90680,549

Median household income

$97,328$127,056

Median home value

$664,700$899,400

Median gross rent

$1,874$2,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Framingham	Somerville
Under 5	6.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	6.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	13.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	33.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	5.9%
75 and over	6.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Framingham	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	66.1%
Black or African American	6.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	9.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Framingham	Somerville
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	20.9%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	11.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Framingham	Somerville
Drove alone	63.1%	30.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.8%
Public transit	2.8%	19.6%
Walked	2.5%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	6.4%
Worked from home	17.4%	29.0%
Other means	6.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Framingham	Somerville
1-unit, detached	51.7%	11.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	53.4%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	13.7%
20 or more units	19.0%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Framingham	Somerville
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1964	1938