Foxborough vs Medfield

A side-by-side comparison of Foxborough and Medfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Foxborough has the higher population (6,356 vs 6,355 in Medfield). Medfield has the higher median household income ($186,625 vs $83,162 in Foxborough). Medfield has the higher median home value ($734,200 vs $523,200 in Foxborough).

Population, income & housing

	Foxborough	Medfield
Population	6,356	6,355
Median age	41.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,162	$186,625
Median home value	$523,200	$734,200
Median gross rent	$1,591	$1,667
Housing units	2,984	2,567
Homeownership rate	52.3%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	72.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foxborough	Medfield
Population	6,296 → 6,356 (+1.0%)	6,966 → 6,355 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$70,530 → $83,162 (+17.9%)	$127,048 → $186,625 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$356,800 → $523,200 (+46.6%)	$615,200 → $734,200 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,321 → $1,591 (+20.4%)	$1,347 → $1,667 (+23.8%)

Foxborough

Population

6,2966,356

Median household income

$70,530$83,162

Median home value

$356,800$523,200

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,591

Medfield

Population

6,9666,355

Median household income

$127,048$186,625

Median home value

$615,200$734,200

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foxborough	Medfield
Under 5	3.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.6%
75 and over	5.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foxborough	Medfield
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	84.4%
Black or African American	15.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foxborough	Medfield
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	20.7%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	32.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foxborough	Medfield
Drove alone	78.2%	51.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	4.6%
Public transit	2.2%	6.5%
Walked	1.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	34.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foxborough	Medfield
1-unit, detached	36.7%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	30.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foxborough	Medfield
Poverty rate	8.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1965	1965