Braintree Town vs Brookline

A side-by-side comparison of Braintree Town and Brookline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookline has the higher population (62,822 vs 38,762 in Braintree Town). Brookline has the higher median household income ($140,631 vs $125,305 in Braintree Town). Brookline has the higher median home value ($1,233,100 vs $623,200 in Braintree Town).

Population, income & housing

	Braintree Town	Brookline
Population	38,762	62,822
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,305	$140,631
Median home value	$623,200	$1,233,100
Median gross rent	$1,925	$2,804
Housing units	15,032	28,695
Homeownership rate	77.1%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	85.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braintree Town	Brookline
Population	37,220 → 38,762 (+4.1%)	59,180 → 62,822 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$96,522 → $125,305 (+29.8%)	$117,326 → $140,631 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$456,500 → $623,200 (+36.5%)	$933,200 → $1,233,100 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,522 → $1,925 (+26.5%)	$2,268 → $2,804 (+23.6%)

Braintree Town

Population

37,22038,762

Median household income

$96,522$125,305

Median home value

$456,500$623,200

Median gross rent

$1,522$1,925

Brookline

Population

59,18062,822

Median household income

$117,326$140,631

Median home value

$933,200$1,233,100

Median gross rent

$2,268$2,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braintree Town	Brookline
Under 5	4.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	18.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.3%
75 and over	8.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braintree Town	Brookline
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	66.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	21.2%	17.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braintree Town	Brookline
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	23.4%	5.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	7.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	57.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braintree Town	Brookline
Drove alone	63.6%	28.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.3%
Public transit	9.4%	20.1%
Walked	2.5%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	16.9%	27.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braintree Town	Brookline
1-unit, detached	64.5%	18.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	22.8%
20 or more units	10.7%	28.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Braintree Town	Brookline
Poverty rate	5.2%	9.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1956	1938