Brookline vs Randolph Town

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

Brookline and Randolph 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 34,683 in Randolph Town). Brookline has the higher median household income ($140,631 vs $103,129 in Randolph Town). Brookline has the higher median home value ($1,233,100 vs $463,500 in Randolph Town).

Population, income & housing

	Brookline	Randolph Town
Population	62,822	34,683
Median age	35.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$140,631	$103,129
Median home value	$1,233,100	$463,500
Median gross rent	$2,804	$2,049
Housing units	28,695	13,064
Homeownership rate	46.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.0%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookline	Randolph Town
Population	59,180 → 62,822 (+6.2%)	34,064 → 34,683 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$117,326 → $140,631 (+19.9%)	$82,510 → $103,129 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$933,200 → $1,233,100 (+32.1%)	$331,300 → $463,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,268 → $2,804 (+23.6%)	$1,507 → $2,049 (+36.0%)

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

Randolph Town

Population

34,06434,683

Median household income

$82,510$103,129

Median home value

$331,300$463,500

Median gross rent

$1,507$2,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookline	Randolph Town
Under 5	5.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.3%
75 and over	7.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookline	Randolph Town
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	27.6%
Black or African American	2.9%	40.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.6%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookline	Randolph Town
No high school diploma	2.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	5.0%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	7.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	57.8%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookline	Randolph Town
Drove alone	28.1%	66.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.3%
Public transit	20.1%	8.8%
Walked	15.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	27.0%	13.6%
Other means	1.4%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookline	Randolph Town
1-unit, detached	18.2%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	12.4%
20 or more units	28.9%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Brookline	Randolph Town
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1938	1967