Franklin Town vs Quincy

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

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

Quincy has the higher population (101,361 vs 33,067 in Franklin Town). Franklin Town has the higher median household income ($142,788 vs $95,711 in Quincy). Quincy has the higher median home value ($598,100 vs $567,100 in Franklin Town).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Town	Quincy
Population	33,067	101,361
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$142,788	$95,711
Median home value	$567,100	$598,100
Median gross rent	$1,856	$1,998
Housing units	12,889	48,227
Homeownership rate	78.4%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Town	Quincy
Population	33,256 → 33,067 (-0.6%)	94,207 → 101,361 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$122,607 → $142,788 (+16.5%)	$77,562 → $95,711 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$432,700 → $567,100 (+31.1%)	$428,600 → $598,100 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,856 (+34.7%)	$1,501 → $1,998 (+33.1%)

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

Quincy

Population

94,207101,361

Median household income

$77,562$95,711

Median home value

$428,600$598,100

Median gross rent

$1,501$1,998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Town	Quincy
Under 5	3.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	20.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.5%
75 and over	5.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Town	Quincy
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	54.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	29.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Town	Quincy
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	17.7%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Town	Quincy
Drove alone	67.2%	53.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.7%
Public transit	3.3%	17.7%
Walked	1.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.5%	18.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Town	Quincy
1-unit, detached	62.9%	32.3%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	10.2%	29.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Town	Quincy
Poverty rate	5.5%	11.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1985	1958