Framingham is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 66,910 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Framingham is the 14th largest community in Massachusetts.

Framingham is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.35% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Framingham is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Framingham who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.83%), sales jobs (11.55%), and management occupations (11.27%).

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

One thing that you will notice about Framingham is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Framingham a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Framingham is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. 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.

Framingham has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the train.

Framingham Information and Demographics

The population of Framingham is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 42.33% of adults in Framingham have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Framingham in 2000 was $27,758, which is upper middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,032 for a family of four.

Framingham is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Framingham home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Framingham is White, followed by Asian. Framingham also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.00% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Framingham include Irish, Italian, English, Brazilian, German, Russian, French Canadian, Polish, and French.

In addition, Framingham has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.15%).

The most common language spoken in Framingham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.