Randolph Town vs Wellesley

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

Randolph Town and Wellesley 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 29,906 in Wellesley). Wellesley has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $103,129 in Randolph Town). Wellesley has the higher median home value ($1,513,400 vs $463,500 in Randolph Town).

Population, income & housing

	Randolph Town	Wellesley
Population	34,683	29,906
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,129	$250,001
Median home value	$463,500	$1,513,400
Median gross rent	$2,049	$2,849
Housing units	13,064	9,428
Homeownership rate	69.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	87.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Randolph Town	Wellesley
Population	34,064 → 34,683 (+1.8%)	28,747 → 29,906 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$82,510 → $103,129 (+25.0%)	$197,132 → $250,001 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$331,300 → $463,500 (+39.9%)	$1,149,100 → $1,513,400 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,507 → $2,049 (+36.0%)	$1,938 → $2,849 (+47.0%)

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

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)

	Randolph Town	Wellesley
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	19.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	4.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.3%
75 and over	7.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Randolph Town	Wellesley
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	71.7%
Black or African American	40.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	12.9%	13.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Randolph Town	Wellesley
No high school diploma	12.2%	1.5%
High school graduate	25.1%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	7.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	55.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Randolph Town	Wellesley
Drove alone	66.5%	49.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.0%
Public transit	8.8%	4.9%
Walked	0.6%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.6%	30.8%
Other means	3.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Randolph Town	Wellesley
1-unit, detached	61.2%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	2.1%
20 or more units	10.1%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Randolph Town	Wellesley
Poverty rate	7.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1967	1954