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." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

For their daily commute to and from work, many people in Framingham choose to take public transit. Most of these commuters are using the train.

Framingham Information and Demographics

The education level of Framingham citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Framingham's cultural character, accounting for 21.15% of the town's population.

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