Franklin Town vs Weymouth Town

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

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

Weymouth Town has the higher population (57,786 vs 33,067 in Franklin Town). Franklin Town has the higher median household income ($142,788 vs $100,077 in Weymouth Town). Franklin Town has the higher median home value ($567,100 vs $516,200 in Weymouth Town).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin Town	Weymouth Town
Population	33,067	57,786
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$142,788	$100,077
Median home value	$567,100	$516,200
Median gross rent	$1,856	$1,861
Housing units	12,889	26,160
Homeownership rate	78.4%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin Town	Weymouth Town
Population	33,256 → 33,067 (-0.6%)	56,734 → 57,786 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$122,607 → $142,788 (+16.5%)	$84,942 → $100,077 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$432,700 → $567,100 (+31.1%)	$375,400 → $516,200 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,856 (+34.7%)	$1,464 → $1,861 (+27.1%)

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

Weymouth Town

Population

56,73457,786

Median household income

$84,942$100,077

Median home value

$375,400$516,200

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin Town	Weymouth Town
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.6%
75 and over	5.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin Town	Weymouth Town
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	79.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin Town	Weymouth Town
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	17.7%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin Town	Weymouth Town
Drove alone	67.2%	67.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.6%
Public transit	3.3%	8.6%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	16.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin Town	Weymouth Town
1-unit, detached	62.9%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	13.4%
20 or more units	10.2%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Franklin Town	Weymouth Town
Poverty rate	5.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1985	1962