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Braintree Town city, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Braintree Town city is a Census city of 38,899 people across 13.76 square miles of land, in Norfolk County. Median household income is $122,214, 77.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 71 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $23.3 m.
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Braintree Town
What Braintree Town is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.76 sq mi
- Water area0.8 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,826
- County holding the largest share of its areaNorfolk County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Braintree Town
How many people live in Braintree Town
- Population38,899
- Median age41.3
- Population under 187,995
- Share under 1820.6 percent
- Population 65 and over6,854
- Share 65 and over17.6 percent
- Households14,432
- Family households9,760
- Share of households that are families67.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Braintree Town
Income and work in Braintree Town
- Median household income$122,214
- Per capita income$57,790
- Civilian labor force22,271
- Employed21,382
- Unemployed889 plus or minus 220
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over27,799
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher47.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Braintree Town
Housing in Braintree Town
- Housing units15,163
- Occupied units14,432
- Vacant units731 plus or minus 246
- Vacancy rate4.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied11,199
- Renter occupied3,233
- Ownership rate77.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$656,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,024
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.9 percent
- Single family units10,442
- Share single family68.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,721
- Share in buildings of two or more31.1 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Braintree Town
How Braintree Town gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute17,083
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,322
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more9,100
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.3 percent
- Drove alone62.0 percent
- Carpooled7.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport8.7 percent
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home18.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Braintree Town
SBA loans in Braintree Town (7(a))
- Approvals71
- Gross approval$23,298,300
- Average approval$328,145
- Median approval$175,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$680,000
- Largest approval$3,350,000
- Jobs supported576
- Jobs per approval8.1
- Loans with a final outcome14
- Paid in full12
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans14.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more1.4 percent
- Share to franchises4.2 percent
- Distinct lenders27
- Distinct industries by NAICS50
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Braintree Town
SBA loans in Braintree Town (504)
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$17,288,000
- Average approval$960,444
- Median approval$990,000
- Largest approval$3,119,000
- Jobs supported304
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Norfolk County, not Braintree Town
Norfolk County context, not Braintree Town figures
These are Norfolk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Braintree Town measurements.
- Establishments in Norfolk County20,745
- Employment at those establishments, Norfolk County337,287
- Covered employment, Norfolk County346,327
- Average annual pay, Norfolk County$84,497
- Average weekly wage, Norfolk County$1,625
- Housing units permitted, Norfolk County1,224
- Of those, single family, Norfolk County647
- County product, 2024, Norfolk County$75,071,231,000
- County product change over the prior year, Norfolk County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Norfolk County$141,216
Every figure in this section is published for Norfolk County as a whole and is not a measurement of Braintree Town. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Braintree Town questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Braintree Town, Massachusetts?
38,899, in 14,432 households. Braintree Town city covers 13.76 square miles of land, which is 2,826 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Braintree Town in?
Norfolk County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Braintree Town?
$122,214. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $656,800. Median gross rent is $2,024 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Braintree Town businesses?
71 7(a) approvals totalling $23.3 m, across 27 lenders, median approval $175,000, plus 18 504 approvals worth $17.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Braintree Town, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Braintree Town borrowers get paid back?
Of the 14 loans that have reached a final outcome, 12 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 14.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Braintree Town figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Norfolk County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Braintree Town.
Is zoning published for Braintree Town?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.