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Brockton city, Plymouth County, MA

95,781 Population
21.3 square miles 4,489.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 43 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$28,732 ±$2,630 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Plymouth County: $43,869 ±$1,535
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,349 ±$382
$63,043 ±$5,461 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Plymouth County: $90,484 ±$2,974
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $79,835 ±$970

9.6% ±2.3% (9,045  ±2,185) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 5.8% † 29,085 (±0.7% / ±3,509)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 663,918 (±0.3% / ±20,551)

33.6 minutes ±2.2 (1,541,630  ±128,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 34.2 8,492,525 (±0.8 / ±273,890)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.5 102,698,470 (±0.2 / ±837,302)

Families

31,852 ±1,654 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 189,304 ±3,054
  • Massachusetts: 2,624,294 ±8,879
3 ±0.2 (94,114  ±683) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 506,060 (±0 / ±2,234)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,653,753 (±0)

8.3% ±2.9% (1,933  ±684) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 5.5% † 6,168 (±1.1% / ±1,209)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,345 (±0.2% / ±4,014)

Housing

33,884 ±1,903 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 208,087 ±837
  • Massachusetts: 2,915,043 ±327

$278,400 ±$12,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Plymouth County: $388,500 ±$7,025
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $400,700 ±$2,804

15.7% ±4.2% (14,860  ±4,005) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Plymouth County: 10.9% † 55,821 (±1.3% / ±6,566.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 864,299 (±0.4% / ±24,918.7)

Social

81.9% ±5.2% (52,197  ±3,576) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 92.8% 336,944 (±2.4% / ±8,804.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,386,424 (±0.7% / ±31,907.4)
20.3% ±2.9% (12,954  ±1,866.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 39.7% 144,028 (±1.5% / ±5,580.4)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,152,010 (±0.4% / ±20,295.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

31.7% ±3.5% (30,316  ±3,335) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Plymouth County: 9.9% 51,262 (±0.8% / ±4,017)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.4% 1,198,148 (±0.3% / ±20,609)

5.1% ±1.1% (3,691  ±792) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.8% 27,712 (±0.5% / ±2,197)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 292,644 (±0.2% / ±8,712)
3,691 Total veterans ±792 3,691 Male ±792 N/A Female ±211

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