Northborough vs Whitinsville

A side-by-side comparison of Northborough and Whitinsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitinsville has the higher population (7,250 vs 6,720 in Northborough). Northborough has the higher median household income ($154,926 vs $93,504 in Whitinsville). Northborough has the higher median home value ($553,700 vs $440,100 in Whitinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Northborough	Whitinsville
Population	6,720	7,250
Median age	48.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$154,926	$93,504
Median home value	$553,700	$440,100
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,271
Housing units	2,598	3,146
Homeownership rate	84.1%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.8%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northborough	Whitinsville
Population	6,298 → 6,720 (+6.7%)	7,220 → 7,250 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$114,303 → $154,926 (+35.5%)	$77,340 → $93,504 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$414,100 → $553,700 (+33.7%)	$319,200 → $440,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,219 (+3.7%)	$1,031 → $1,271 (+23.3%)

Northborough

Population

6,2986,720

Median household income

$114,303$154,926

Median home value

$414,100$553,700

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,219

Whitinsville

Population

7,2207,250

Median household income

$77,340$93,504

Median home value

$319,200$440,100

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northborough	Whitinsville
Under 5	5.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	6.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	23.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.6%
75 and over	8.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northborough	Whitinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	84.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northborough	Whitinsville
No high school diploma	3.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	11.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northborough	Whitinsville
Drove alone	70.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.4%
Public transit	1.2%	1.6%
Walked	1.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.8%	13.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northborough	Whitinsville
1-unit, detached	77.4%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northborough	Whitinsville
Poverty rate	2.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1971	1963