Braintree Town vs Wellesley

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

Braintree Town and Wellesley 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 29,906 in Wellesley). Wellesley has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $125,305 in Braintree Town). Wellesley has the higher median home value ($1,513,400 vs $623,200 in Braintree Town).

Population, income & housing

	Braintree Town	Wellesley
Population	38,762	29,906
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$125,305	$250,001
Median home value	$623,200	$1,513,400
Median gross rent	$1,925	$2,849
Housing units	15,032	9,428
Homeownership rate	77.1%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	87.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braintree Town	Wellesley
Population	37,220 → 38,762 (+4.1%)	28,747 → 29,906 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$96,522 → $125,305 (+29.8%)	$197,132 → $250,001 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$456,500 → $623,200 (+36.5%)	$1,149,100 → $1,513,400 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,522 → $1,925 (+26.5%)	$1,938 → $2,849 (+47.0%)

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

Wellesley

Population

28,74729,906

Median household income

$197,132$250,001

Median home value

$1,149,100$1,513,400

Median gross rent

$1,938$2,849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braintree Town	Wellesley
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	19.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.3%
75 and over	8.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braintree Town	Wellesley
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	71.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	21.2%	13.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braintree Town	Wellesley
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	23.4%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	7.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	55.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braintree Town	Wellesley
Drove alone	63.6%	49.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.0%
Public transit	9.4%	4.9%
Walked	2.5%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.9%	30.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braintree Town	Wellesley
1-unit, detached	64.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	10.7%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Braintree Town	Wellesley
Poverty rate	5.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1956	1954