Braintree Town vs Franklin Town

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

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

Braintree Town has the higher population (38,762 vs 33,067 in Franklin Town). Franklin Town has the higher median household income ($142,788 vs $125,305 in Braintree Town). Braintree Town has the higher median home value ($623,200 vs $567,100 in Franklin Town).

Population, income & housing

	Braintree Town	Franklin Town
Population	38,762	33,067
Median age	41.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$125,305	$142,788
Median home value	$623,200	$567,100
Median gross rent	$1,925	$1,856
Housing units	15,032	12,889
Homeownership rate	77.1%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braintree Town	Franklin Town
Population	37,220 → 38,762 (+4.1%)	33,256 → 33,067 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$96,522 → $125,305 (+29.8%)	$122,607 → $142,788 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$456,500 → $623,200 (+36.5%)	$432,700 → $567,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,522 → $1,925 (+26.5%)	$1,378 → $1,856 (+34.7%)

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

Franklin Town

Population

33,25633,067

Median household income

$122,607$142,788

Median home value

$432,700$567,100

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braintree Town	Franklin Town
Under 5	4.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.9%
75 and over	8.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braintree Town	Franklin Town
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	21.2%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braintree Town	Franklin Town
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	23.4%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braintree Town	Franklin Town
Drove alone	63.6%	67.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.7%
Public transit	9.4%	3.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	21.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braintree Town	Franklin Town
1-unit, detached	64.5%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	10.7%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Braintree Town	Franklin Town
Poverty rate	5.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1956	1985