Framingham vs Waltham

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

Framingham and Waltham 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 64,723 in Waltham). Waltham has the higher median household income ($116,560 vs $98,179 in Framingham). Waltham has the higher median home value ($705,700 vs $600,600 in Framingham).

Population, income & housing

	Framingham	Waltham
Population	72,013	64,723
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,179	$116,560
Median home value	$600,600	$705,700
Median gross rent	$1,853	$2,232
Housing units	28,416	26,898
Homeownership rate	54.8%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Framingham	Waltham
Population	72,308 → 72,013 (-0.4%)	62,777 → 64,723 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$82,709 → $98,179 (+18.7%)	$95,964 → $116,560 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$409,400 → $600,600 (+46.7%)	$536,500 → $705,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,434 → $1,853 (+29.2%)	$1,726 → $2,232 (+29.3%)

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

Waltham

Population

62,77764,723

Median household income

$95,964$116,560

Median home value

$536,500$705,700

Median gross rent

$1,726$2,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Framingham	Waltham
Under 5	6.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	8.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	18.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.5%
75 and over	6.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Framingham	Waltham
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	58.1%
Black or African American	6.2%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	7.2%	12.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	6.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Framingham	Waltham
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	20.9%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Framingham	Waltham
Drove alone	63.1%	55.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.2%
Public transit	2.8%	5.4%
Walked	2.5%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.4%	20.0%
Other means	6.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Framingham	Waltham
1-unit, detached	51.7%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	23.3%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	18.8%
20 or more units	19.0%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Framingham	Waltham
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1964	1962