[1] As of 2021, 43% of land use was residential, with 35% open space, including one-tenth of the town's area that is flooded by the Sudbury Reservoir.

Southborough was primarily a farming community until mills began to tap the small rivers that ran through the town.

By the end of the 19th century, Southborough was home to the manufacture of plasters, straw bonnets, boots, and shoes, among other things.

[4] In 1898, the Fayville Dam was constructed to produce several reservoirs to supply a growing Boston with water.

As a result, manufacturing vanished, and Southborough did not see substantial growth until the high-tech boom of the 1970s.

The Fay, Burnett, and Choate families had major impacts on the development of the town as it is today.

14.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Points of interest in Southborough are: The funeral scene from the movie Grown Ups was filmed at the Pilgrim Congregational Church.

Events include a parade with the Algonquin High School marching band.

Each Town Meeting is managed by the elected Moderator, who also appoints most of the membership of the unelected boards.

Southborough is home to a private secondary school, St. Mark's, which was founded in 1865 by Joseph Burnett.

The station is located at 87 Southville Road[24] in the Cordaville neighborhood, with access from Route 85 near the border with Hopkinton.