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Franklin Town city, Norfolk County, MA

33,644 Population
26.6 square miles 1,263 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Norfolk County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$54,319 ±$3,110 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Norfolk County: $55,860 ±$780
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$118,193 ±$9,910 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Norfolk County: $105,320 ±$1,736
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

5.3% ±1.9% (1,719  ±612) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Norfolk County: 6% 41,067 (±0.4% / ±2,425)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

36.2 minutes ±1.6 (587,575  ±40,912) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 34.6 11,449,930 (±0.3 / ±156,615)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

12,414 ±365 Number of households
  • Norfolk County: 267,967 ±936
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.6 ±0.1 (32,519  ±250) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Norfolk County: 2.6 685,431 (±0 / ±848)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

2.9% ±1.1% (230  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Norfolk County: 4.3% 7,077 (±0.4% / ±608)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

12,711 ±389 Number of housing units
  • Norfolk County: 280,180 ±283
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$432,800 ±$11,557 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Norfolk County: $491,000 ±$3,543
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

9.9% ±1.9% (3,313  ±624.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Norfolk County: 11.4% 79,780 (±0.5% / ±3,425.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

97.2% ±5% (21,702  ±1,209.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Norfolk County: 94.1% 465,846 (±1% / ±4,927.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
55.3% ±3.6% (12,336  ±850.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Norfolk County: 54.6% 270,144 (±0.7% / ±3,532.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.5% ±2% (2,857  ±655) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Norfolk County: 18.5% 130,352 (±0.4% / ±2,562)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

3.7% ±0.8% (976  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Norfolk County: 5% 27,563 (±0.2% / ±1,138)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
976 Total veterans ±202 967 Male ±202 9 Female ±15

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