Franklin Town vs Wellesley

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

Franklin Town and Wellesley 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 29,906 in Wellesley). Wellesley has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $142,788 in Franklin Town). Wellesley has the higher median home value ($1,513,400 vs $567,100 in Franklin Town).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Town	Wellesley
Population	33,067	29,906
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$142,788	$250,001
Median home value	$567,100	$1,513,400
Median gross rent	$1,856	$2,849
Housing units	12,889	9,428
Homeownership rate	78.4%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	87.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Town	Wellesley
Population	33,256 → 33,067 (-0.6%)	28,747 → 29,906 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$122,607 → $142,788 (+16.5%)	$197,132 → $250,001 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$432,700 → $567,100 (+31.1%)	$1,149,100 → $1,513,400 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,856 (+34.7%)	$1,938 → $2,849 (+47.0%)

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

Wellesley

Population

28,74729,906

Median household income

$197,132$250,001

Median home value

$1,149,100$1,513,400

Median gross rent

$1,938$2,849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Town	Wellesley
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	11.4%	19.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	4.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.3%
75 and over	5.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Town	Wellesley
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	71.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.1%	13.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Town	Wellesley
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	17.7%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	7.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	55.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Town	Wellesley
Drove alone	67.2%	49.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.0%
Public transit	3.3%	4.9%
Walked	1.7%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.5%	30.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Town	Wellesley
1-unit, detached	62.9%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	10.2%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Town	Wellesley
Poverty rate	5.5%	3.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1985	1954