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Brockton city, Plymouth County, MA

95,705 Population
21.3 square miles 4,486.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 43.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$27,572 ±$2,485 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Plymouth County: $45,122 ±$2,475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$60,250 ±$4,500 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Plymouth County: $90,880 ±$2,512
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

17.8% ±4.9% (16,758  ±4,627) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Plymouth County: 7.2% † 36,635 (±1.2% / ±6,288)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

33.9 minutes ±2.8 (1,487,515  ±160,488) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 35.9 9,100,775 (±1.3 / ±394,930)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)

Families

31,440 ±1,768 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 191,041 ±3,246
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
3 ±0.2 (93,719  ±819) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 509,581 (±0.1 / ±2,039)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

8% ±3.9% (1,885  ±930) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Plymouth County: 5.6% † 6,370 (±1.3% / ±1,452)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

33,880 ±1,918 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 209,537 ±764
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$314,600 ±$11,631 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $396,400 ±$7,584
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

14.6% ±4.8% (13,833  ±4,558.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 10% † 51,674 (±1.3% / ±6,711.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

77.3% ±6% (47,954  ±3,982.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 93% 340,588 (±2.5% / ±9,033.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
16.6% ±2.6% (10,265  ±1,639.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 38.2% 139,959 (±1.3% / ±4,938.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

32.6% ±4.1% (31,203  ±3,966) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Plymouth County: 9.9% 51,753 (±0.9% / ±4,563)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

3.9% ±1.2% (2,813  ±883) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.6% † 27,227 (±0.7% / ±2,753)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
2,813 Total veterans ±883 2,612 Male ±804 201 Female ±193

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