Franklin Town vs Randolph Town

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

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

Randolph Town has the higher population (34,683 vs 33,067 in Franklin Town). Franklin Town has the higher median household income ($142,788 vs $103,129 in Randolph Town). Franklin Town has the higher median home value ($567,100 vs $463,500 in Randolph Town).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Town	Randolph Town
Population	33,067	34,683
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$142,788	$103,129
Median home value	$567,100	$463,500
Median gross rent	$1,856	$2,049
Housing units	12,889	13,064
Homeownership rate	78.4%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Town	Randolph Town
Population	33,256 → 33,067 (-0.6%)	34,064 → 34,683 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$122,607 → $142,788 (+16.5%)	$82,510 → $103,129 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$432,700 → $567,100 (+31.1%)	$331,300 → $463,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,856 (+34.7%)	$1,507 → $2,049 (+36.0%)

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

Randolph Town

Population

34,06434,683

Median household income

$82,510$103,129

Median home value

$331,300$463,500

Median gross rent

$1,507$2,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Town	Randolph Town
Under 5	3.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.3%
75 and over	5.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Town	Randolph Town
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	27.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	40.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Town	Randolph Town
No high school diploma	2.8%	12.2%
High school graduate	17.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Town	Randolph Town
Drove alone	67.2%	66.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.3%
Public transit	3.3%	8.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.5%	13.6%
Other means	1.7%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Town	Randolph Town
1-unit, detached	62.9%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	12.4%
20 or more units	10.2%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Town	Randolph Town
Poverty rate	5.5%	7.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1985	1967