The Newest Town in Greater Boston: Franklin Wins the Modern Housing Crown

Franklin has the newest housing stock in Greater Boston with 27.4% of homes built in 2000 or later — nearly five percentage points ahead of the runner-up, Burlington (22.0%). The metro's building age spread is 22.5 percentage points, from Milton's 46.5% pre-1940 stock to Franklin's 27.4% post-2000.

Buyers prioritizing modern homes and updated systems, developers and builders tracking market opportunities, and anyone curious how Census housing data reveals where the metro's growth happened in the last two decades.

• •Franklin newest housing stock at 27.4% built 2000 or later — #1 of 41 towns
• •Burlington #2 at 22.0%; Needham, Reading, and Danvers cluster near 20.7–21.9%
• •The metro's newest-to-oldest spread is 22.5 percentage points (Franklin 27.4% vs Milton 46.5% pre-1940)