Bellingham vs Foxborough

A side-by-side comparison of Bellingham and Foxborough: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Foxborough has the higher population (6,356 vs 4,939 in Bellingham). Bellingham has the higher median household income ($88,731 vs $83,162 in Foxborough). Foxborough has the higher median home value ($523,200 vs $385,300 in Bellingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Foxborough
Population	4,939	6,356
Median age	46.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,731	$83,162
Median home value	$385,300	$523,200
Median gross rent	$1,995	$1,591
Housing units	2,138	2,984
Homeownership rate	66.0%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	48.4%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Foxborough
Population	4,383 → 4,939 (+12.7%)	6,296 → 6,356 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$87,045 → $88,731 (+1.9%)	$70,530 → $83,162 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$278,300 → $385,300 (+38.4%)	$356,800 → $523,200 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,995 (+52.2%)	$1,321 → $1,591 (+20.4%)

Bellingham

Population

4,3834,939

Median household income

$87,045$88,731

Median home value

$278,300$385,300

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,995

Foxborough

Population

6,2966,356

Median household income

$70,530$83,162

Median home value

$356,800$523,200

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Foxborough
Under 5	4.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.4%
75 and over	8.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Foxborough
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	65.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Foxborough
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Foxborough
Drove alone	82.6%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.9%	2.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	14.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Foxborough
1-unit, detached	55.3%	36.7%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	30.5%
20 or more units	13.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Foxborough
Poverty rate	1.8%	8.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1979	1965