Foxborough is a medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 18,488 people and three associated neighborhoods, Foxborough is the 106th largest community in Massachusetts. Housing costs in Foxborough are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Massachusetts.Foxborough is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.56% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Foxborough is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Foxborough who work in management occupations (11.40%), teaching (10.72%), and business and financial occupations (10.38%). Also of interest is that Foxborough has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.53% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Foxborough, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.14 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Despite being a small town, Foxborough has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Foxborough. 59.48% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Foxborough in 2022 was $61,933, which is upper middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $247,732 for a family of four. However, Foxborough contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Foxborough is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Foxborough home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Foxborough residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Foxborough include Irish, Italian, English, German, and French. The most common language spoken in Foxborough is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Arabic.
