Brookline vs Franklin Town

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

Brookline and Franklin Town 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 33,067 in Franklin Town). Franklin Town has the higher median household income ($142,788 vs $140,631 in Brookline). Brookline has the higher median home value ($1,233,100 vs $567,100 in Franklin Town).

Population, income & housing

	Brookline	Franklin Town
Population	62,822	33,067
Median age	35.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$140,631	$142,788
Median home value	$1,233,100	$567,100
Median gross rent	$2,804	$1,856
Housing units	28,695	12,889
Homeownership rate	46.1%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.0%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookline	Franklin Town
Population	59,180 → 62,822 (+6.2%)	33,256 → 33,067 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$117,326 → $140,631 (+19.9%)	$122,607 → $142,788 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$933,200 → $1,233,100 (+32.1%)	$432,700 → $567,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,268 → $2,804 (+23.6%)	$1,378 → $1,856 (+34.7%)

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

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)

	Brookline	Franklin Town
Under 5	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	12.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	18.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.9%
75 and over	7.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookline	Franklin Town
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.6%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookline	Franklin Town
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	5.0%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	7.4%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	57.8%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookline	Franklin Town
Drove alone	28.1%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.7%
Public transit	20.1%	3.3%
Walked	15.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	21.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookline	Franklin Town
1-unit, detached	18.2%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	28.9%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookline	Franklin Town
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1938	1985