Franklin Town vs Milton

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

Franklin Town and Milton 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 28,481 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($178,053 vs $142,788 in Franklin Town). Milton has the higher median home value ($896,500 vs $567,100 in Franklin Town).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Town	Milton
Population	33,067	28,481
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$142,788	$178,053
Median home value	$567,100	$896,500
Median gross rent	$1,856	$1,503
Housing units	12,889	9,402
Homeownership rate	78.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	70.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Town	Milton
Population	33,256 → 33,067 (-0.6%)	27,572 → 28,481 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$122,607 → $142,788 (+16.5%)	$133,718 → $178,053 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$432,700 → $567,100 (+31.1%)	$618,800 → $896,500 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,856 (+34.7%)	$1,330 → $1,503 (+13.0%)

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

Milton

Population

27,57228,481

Median household income

$133,718$178,053

Median home value

$618,800$896,500

Median gross rent

$1,330$1,503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Town	Milton
Under 5	3.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	21.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.3%
75 and over	5.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Town	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	71.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.1%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Town	Milton
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	17.7%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	37.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Town	Milton
Drove alone	67.2%	56.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.8%
Public transit	3.3%	8.8%
Walked	1.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	21.5%	25.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Town	Milton
1-unit, detached	62.9%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	10.2%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Town	Milton
Poverty rate	5.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1985	1944