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Brockton city, Plymouth County, MA

104,884 Population
21.3 square miles 4,916.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 43.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$34,057 ±$3,708 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Plymouth County: $55,037 ±$1,693
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$79,990 ±$12,791 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Plymouth County: $108,742 ±$4,441
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

15.2% ±4.8% (15,671  ±4,932) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Plymouth County: 7.7% † 40,418 (±1.2% / ±6,457)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

37.2 minutes ±3.6 (1,695,160  ±209,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 34.6 8,178,245 (±1.2 / ±355,048)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

35,485 ±1,959 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 203,356 ±2,824
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.9 ±0.2 (103,379  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 524,671 (±0 / ±91)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613

5.8% ±2.9% (1,463  ±732) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 5.4% † 6,139 (±1.3% / ±1,502)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

37,924 ±2,152 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 219,732 ±78
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$443,100 ±$14,290 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $568,500 ±$14,401
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

11.9% ±3.6% (12,365  ±3,754.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 8.2% † 43,578 (±1.3% / ±7,055)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

83.6% ±5.3% (58,847  ±4,140.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 93.4% 357,279 (±2.6% / ±9,962.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
20.1% ±2.9% (14,167  ±2,110.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 41.1% 157,010 (±1.6% / ±6,308.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

34.4% ±3.8% (36,092  ±4,011) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Plymouth County: 11.6% 62,288
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580

4.2% ±1.4% (3,340  ±1,068) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 5.7% † 24,036 (±0.6% / ±2,468)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
3,340 Total veterans ±1,068 2,790 Male ±920 550 Female ±546

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