Marlborough vs Woburn

A side-by-side comparison of Marlborough and Woburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marlborough has the higher population (41,398 vs 41,205 in Woburn). Woburn has the higher median household income ($107,754 vs $95,047 in Marlborough). Woburn has the higher median home value ($641,800 vs $485,400 in Marlborough).

Population, income & housing

	Marlborough	Woburn
Population	41,398	41,205
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,047	$107,754
Median home value	$485,400	$641,800
Median gross rent	$1,721	$2,190
Housing units	17,370	16,982
Homeownership rate	56.2%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marlborough	Woburn
Population	39,736 → 41,398 (+4.2%)	40,304 → 41,205 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$80,943 → $95,047 (+17.4%)	$91,022 → $107,754 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $485,400 (+39.3%)	$453,900 → $641,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,482 → $1,721 (+16.1%)	$1,632 → $2,190 (+34.2%)

Marlborough

Population

39,73641,398

Median household income

$80,943$95,047

Median home value

$348,500$485,400

Median gross rent

$1,482$1,721

Woburn

Population

40,30441,205

Median household income

$91,022$107,754

Median home value

$453,900$641,800

Median gross rent

$1,632$2,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marlborough	Woburn
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.9%	16.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.0%
75 and over	5.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marlborough	Woburn
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	74.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	3.9%	1.2%
Two or more races	12.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marlborough	Woburn
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	26.6%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marlborough	Woburn
Drove alone	66.6%	68.9%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.7%	3.7%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.1%	15.1%
Other means	3.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marlborough	Woburn
1-unit, detached	44.5%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	9.3%
20 or more units	14.4%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Marlborough	Woburn
Poverty rate	9.2%	7.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1971	1970