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Foxborough vs Mansfield

Greater Boston · Greater Boston

Mansfield leads 3–1 on headline livability metrics

Across the six headline livability metrics (schools, safety, walkability, biking, affordability, and commute), Mansfield edges Foxborough 3 to 1 with 2 ties. Median home prices are close, within $28k of each other. Foxborough is about 5 minutes closer to Boston by car at peak.

The two towns at a glance

Foxborough

Greater Boston · pop. 18,484

Gillette Stadium is the most obvious thing about Foxborough but it is not the most important thing. The town has a walkable historic district, A- schools, and commuter rail on game days and weekday rush hours that make it more connected than its southern Norfolk County location would suggest.

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Mansfield

Greater Boston · pop. 23,931

One of the few towns in the 495 corridor where you can catch a commuter rail to Boston AND Providence, giving it unusual two-city commuter appeal. Mansfield has an active commercial Route 106 strip and schools that rate just below the top tier.

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Head-to-head: every metric

	Foxborough	Mansfield
Headline
Livability index	57	57
Economics
Median home	$722k ✦	$694k
Household income	$116k	$131k ✦
Price ÷ income	6.2× ✦	5.3×
Tax burden	63	63
Schools & Safety
Schools	85	85
Safety	80	80
Getting around
Commute to Boston	40 min	45 min ✦
Walkability	32	38 ✦
Transit	30 ✦	28
Biking	32	35 ✦
Lifestyle
Dining	58 ✦	55
Nightlife	42 ✦	35
Arts & culture	42 ✦	35
Green space	38 ✦	34
Community
Diversity	28	30 ✦
Climate	71	71
5-yr trend	65	68 ✦

Clay = wins this metric. Direction matters: lower median home and shorter commute are better; everything else, higher is better.

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About this comparison

Bay State Atlas ranks 194 Massachusetts towns using public data (Census ACS, MA DESE schools, Walk Score, MA Department of Revenue tax data, and the FBI UCR safety index) normalized to 0–100. Every weight is editable. This page is a static, indexable snapshot. The live tool is faster and lets you customize what counts.