Brookline vs Weymouth Town

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

Brookline and Weymouth 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 57,786 in Weymouth Town). Brookline has the higher median household income ($140,631 vs $100,077 in Weymouth Town). Brookline has the higher median home value ($1,233,100 vs $516,200 in Weymouth Town).

Population, income & housing

	Brookline	Weymouth Town
Population	62,822	57,786
Median age	35.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$140,631	$100,077
Median home value	$1,233,100	$516,200
Median gross rent	$2,804	$1,861
Housing units	28,695	26,160
Homeownership rate	46.1%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.0%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookline	Weymouth Town
Population	59,180 → 62,822 (+6.2%)	56,734 → 57,786 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$117,326 → $140,631 (+19.9%)	$84,942 → $100,077 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$933,200 → $1,233,100 (+32.1%)	$375,400 → $516,200 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,268 → $2,804 (+23.6%)	$1,464 → $1,861 (+27.1%)

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

Weymouth Town

Population

56,73457,786

Median household income

$84,942$100,077

Median home value

$375,400$516,200

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookline	Weymouth Town
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	18.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.6%
75 and over	7.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookline	Weymouth Town
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	79.2%
Black or African American	2.9%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.6%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookline	Weymouth Town
No high school diploma	2.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	5.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	7.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	57.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookline	Weymouth Town
Drove alone	28.1%	67.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.6%
Public transit	20.1%	8.6%
Walked	15.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.0%	16.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookline	Weymouth Town
1-unit, detached	18.2%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	13.4%
20 or more units	28.9%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookline	Weymouth Town
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1938	1962