About Boxford

Boxford is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 7,921 people and just one neighborhood, Boxford is the 201st largest community in Massachusetts.

Boxford is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 93.58% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Boxford is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Boxford who work in management occupations (22.53%), sales jobs (15.52%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.26%).

Also of interest is that Boxford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Boxford is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Boxford is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Boxford a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Boxford has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Boxford's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Boxford, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Boxford is a very car-oriented town. 96.73% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Boxford is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Boxford has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Boxford is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Boxford Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Boxford is a pretty powerful place. 62.82% of the adults in Boxford have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Boxford in 2000 was $48,846, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $195,384 for a family of four. However, Boxford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Boxford home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Boxford is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Boxford include Irish, Italian, English, German, Polish, Scottish, French, French Canadian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Boxford is English.