Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Boxborough
Boxborough is a small inland town of about ten square miles in western Middlesex County. It is a comparatively high-income community: the median household income is about $151,000, more than three quarters of its homes are owner-occupied, and households average 2.5 people. About one resident in seven is 65 or over, and about one in four was born outside the United States. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 5,506
- Households: 2,210
- Persons per household: 2.5
- Foreign-born: 25.4% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 13.9%
- Under 18: 18.7%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 68.0%
- Asian: 18.0%
- Black or African American: 8.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 0.7%
- Two or more races: 4.5%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 24.0%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $151,000
- Poverty rate: 3.6%
- Median home value: $671,800
- Median gross rent: $1,816
- Homeownership: 77.3% of units
- In the labor force: 77.2%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, Boxborough’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 4,030
- Unenrolled (no party): 2,793 (69.31%)
- Democrats: 938 (23.28%)
- Republicans: 280 (6.95%)
Sources
See how Boxborough fits into the broader Commonwealth.