Dedham vs Franklin Town

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

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

Franklin Town has the higher population (33,067 vs 25,109 in Dedham). Franklin Town has the higher median household income ($142,788 vs $124,375 in Dedham). Dedham has the higher median home value ($630,400 vs $567,100 in Franklin Town).

Population, income & housing

	Dedham	Franklin Town
Population	25,109	33,067
Median age	43.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,375	$142,788
Median home value	$630,400	$567,100
Median gross rent	$2,058	$1,856
Housing units	10,648	12,889
Homeownership rate	72.7%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dedham	Franklin Town
Population	25,283 → 25,109 (-0.7%)	33,256 → 33,067 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$100,757 → $124,375 (+23.4%)	$122,607 → $142,788 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$461,200 → $630,400 (+36.7%)	$432,700 → $567,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $2,058 (+23.3%)	$1,378 → $1,856 (+34.7%)

Dedham

Population

25,28325,109

Median household income

$100,757$124,375

Median home value

$461,200$630,400

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,058

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)

	Dedham	Franklin Town
Under 5	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.9%
75 and over	9.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dedham	Franklin Town
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	83.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dedham	Franklin Town
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	20.4%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dedham	Franklin Town
Drove alone	65.2%	67.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.7%
Public transit	5.4%	3.3%
Walked	2.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	21.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dedham	Franklin Town
1-unit, detached	64.7%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	8.6%
20 or more units	13.3%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dedham	Franklin Town
Poverty rate	4.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1955	1985