Foxborough vs Walpole

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

Foxborough and Walpole 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 5,989 in Walpole). Walpole has the higher median household income ($132,411 vs $83,162 in Foxborough). Walpole has the higher median home value ($572,000 vs $523,200 in Foxborough).

Population, income & housing

	Foxborough	Walpole
Population	6,356	5,989
Median age	41.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,162	$132,411
Median home value	$523,200	$572,000
Median gross rent	$1,591	$1,952
Housing units	2,984	2,695
Homeownership rate	52.3%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foxborough	Walpole
Population	6,296 → 6,356 (+1.0%)	6,197 → 5,989 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$70,530 → $83,162 (+17.9%)	$94,375 → $132,411 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$356,800 → $523,200 (+46.6%)	$418,000 → $572,000 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,321 → $1,591 (+20.4%)	$1,201 → $1,952 (+62.5%)

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

Walpole

Population

6,1975,989

Median household income

$94,375$132,411

Median home value

$418,000$572,000

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,952

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foxborough	Walpole
Under 5	3.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	6.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.1%
75 and over	5.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foxborough	Walpole
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	90.9%
Black or African American	15.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foxborough	Walpole
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	20.7%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foxborough	Walpole
Drove alone	78.2%	68.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	0.0%
Public transit	2.2%	5.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.1%	23.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foxborough	Walpole
1-unit, detached	36.7%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	30.5%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foxborough	Walpole
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1965	1970