Upton vs Westborough

A side-by-side comparison of Upton and Westborough: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westborough has the higher population (4,234 vs 2,985 in Upton). Upton has the higher median household income ($109,925 vs $100,037 in Westborough). Westborough has the higher median home value ($540,600 vs $474,600 in Upton).

Population, income & housing

	Upton	Westborough
Population	2,985	4,234
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$109,925	$100,037
Median home value	$474,600	$540,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,503
Housing units	1,181	2,040
Homeownership rate	77.8%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Upton	Westborough
Population	2,292 → 2,985 (+30.2%)	3,957 → 4,234 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$89,507 → $109,925 (+22.8%)	$87,557 → $100,037 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$363,500 → $474,600 (+30.6%)	$380,800 → $540,600 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,116 (+18.2%)	$1,226 → $1,503 (+22.6%)

Upton

Population

2,2922,985

Median household income

$89,507$109,925

Median home value

$363,500$474,600

Median gross rent

$944$1,116

Westborough

Population

3,9574,234

Median household income

$87,557$100,037

Median home value

$380,800$540,600

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Upton	Westborough
Under 5	5.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	9.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Upton	Westborough
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	77.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Upton	Westborough
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Upton	Westborough
Drove alone	66.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	4.1%
Public transit	1.8%	1.7%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	20.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Upton	Westborough
1-unit, detached	60.9%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	29.4%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	13.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Upton	Westborough
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	1955	1947