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Brockton city, Plymouth County, MA

105,785 Population
21.3 square miles 4,958.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 43.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,954 ±$3,239 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Plymouth County: $56,057 ±$1,737
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$75,210 ±$9,499 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Plymouth County: $113,188 ±$5,090
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

13% ±3.4% (13,614  ±3,544) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% † 37,552 (±1% / ±5,302)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

31.5 minutes ±0.9 (1,414,685  ±59,773) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.5 7,408,100 (±0.5 / ±157,141)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

36,489 ±1,875 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 206,821 ±2,701
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.9 ±0.2 (104,166  ±49) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 530,664 (±0 / ±282)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

5.1% ±2.1% (1,235  ±511) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 4.1% † 4,747 (±1.3% / ±1,530)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

37,692 ±1,939 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 220,710 ±126
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$459,400 ±$17,936 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Plymouth County: $602,600 ±$11,703
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

6.9% ±2.6% (7,242  ±2,774.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 6.8% † 36,286 (±1% / ±5,184.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

79.4% ±5.4% (55,665  ±4,164.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 92.1% 357,123 (±2.5% / ±9,730.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
20.3% ±2.9% (14,230  ±2,098.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 41.3% 160,127 (±1.6% / ±6,235.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

36.3% ±3.8% (38,415  ±4,041) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Plymouth County: 11.8% 64,132
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

2.4% ±0.9% (1,882  ±714) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 4.7% 20,412 (±0.5% / ±1,991)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
1,882 Total veterans ±714 1,835 Male ±700 47 Female ±80

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