Foxborough vs Sharon

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

Foxborough and Sharon 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 6,022 in Sharon). Sharon has the higher median household income ($183,239 vs $83,162 in Foxborough). Sharon has the higher median home value ($614,300 vs $523,200 in Foxborough).

Population, income & housing

	Foxborough	Sharon
Population	6,356	6,022
Median age	41.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,162	$183,239
Median home value	$523,200	$614,300
Median gross rent	$1,591	$2,469
Housing units	2,984	2,117
Homeownership rate	52.3%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	83.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foxborough	Sharon
Population	6,296 → 6,356 (+1.0%)	5,914 → 6,022 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$70,530 → $83,162 (+17.9%)	$144,333 → $183,239 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$356,800 → $523,200 (+46.6%)	$471,900 → $614,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,321 → $1,591 (+20.4%)	$1,442 → $2,469 (+71.2%)

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

Sharon

Population

5,9146,022

Median household income

$144,333$183,239

Median home value

$471,900$614,300

Median gross rent

$1,442$2,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foxborough	Sharon
Under 5	3.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.0%
75 and over	5.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foxborough	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	72.4%
Black or African American	15.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	14.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foxborough	Sharon
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	20.7%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	46.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foxborough	Sharon
Drove alone	78.2%	54.2%
Carpooled	2.6%	1.7%
Public transit	2.2%	16.2%
Walked	1.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.1%	25.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foxborough	Sharon
1-unit, detached	36.7%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	30.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foxborough	Sharon
Poverty rate	8.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1965	1955