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Total population: 93,007 (All urban)

Brockton, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 34,837 (33,675 occupied: 18,365 owner occupied, 15,310 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  45%
State:  38%

Housing density: 1623 houses/condos per square mile



Median contract rent in 2007: $850 (lower quartile is $613, upper quartile is $981)


Housing units in Brockton with a mortgage: 11,013 (1,026 second mortgage, 1,149 home equity loan, 40 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,943





Brockton,MA index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $305,000 (it was $127,900 in 2000)
Brockton:  $305,000
Massachusetts:  $366,400
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $244,700 - $364,900

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $310,679
Here:  $310,679
State:  $440,475

In 2-unit structures: $392,448
Here:  $392,448
State:  $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $407,160
Here:  $407,160
State:  $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $223,390
Here:  $223,390
State:  $335,381

Median year house/condo built: 1956

Median year apartment built: 1953

Household type by relationship

Households: 92,431
  • In family households: 78,950 (13,897 male householders, 8,833 female householders)
    14,768 spouses, 32,262 children (30,144 natural, 684 adopted, 1,434 stepchildren), 1,870 grandchildren, 1,461 brothers or sisters, 1,155 parents, 2,024 other relatives, 2,680 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 13,481 (5,107 male householders (3,897 living alone)), 5,835 female householders (5,058 living alone)), 2,539 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 1,873 (1,379 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,488 2-persons, 5,497 3-persons, 4,879 4-persons, 2,741 5-persons, 1,234 6-persons, 891 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,955 1-person, 1,658 2-persons, 166 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

13,453 married couples with children.
9,441 single-parent households (1,454 men, 7,987 women).

71.6% of residents of Brockton speak English at home.
6.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
19.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 17,344 (18.4%)
(37.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.1
State:  6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  4.1
State:  4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Brockton, Massachusetts:
  • 1 room: 16
  • 2 rooms: 48
  • 3 rooms: 317
  • 4 rooms: 1,284
  • 5 rooms: 4,386
  • 6 rooms: 5,440
  • 7 rooms: 3,420
  • 8 rooms: 1,811
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,643



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brockton, Massachusetts:
  • 1 room: 440
  • 2 rooms: 1,801
  • 3 rooms: 3,323
  • 4 rooms: 3,735
  • 5 rooms: 3,881
  • 6 rooms: 1,521
  • 7 rooms: 280
  • 8 rooms: 177
  • 9 or more rooms: 152



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 127
  • 1995 to 1998: 387
  • 1990 to 1994: 468
  • 1980 to 1989: 2,024
  • 1970 to 1979: 5,981
  • 1960 to 1969: 6,221
  • 1950 to 1959: 4,873
  • 1940 to 1949: 2,772
  • 1939 or earlier: 11,984


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Brockton:
  • no bedroom: 35
  • 1 bedroom: 587
  • 2 bedrooms: 3,726
  • 3 bedrooms: 10,206
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,836
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 975



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brockton:
  • no bedroom: 536
  • 1 bedroom: 5,171
  • 2 bedrooms: 5,909
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,144
  • 4 bedrooms: 461
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 89



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Brockton in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 956
  • 1 vehicle: 6,161
  • 2 vehicles: 8,194
  • 3 vehicles: 2,148
  • 4 vehicles: 697
  • 5 or more vehicles: 209



Cars and other vehicles available in Brockton in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 4,676
  • 1 vehicle: 7,344
  • 2 vehicles: 2,764
  • 3 vehicles: 454
  • 4 vehicles: 40
  • 5 or more vehicles: 32


Brockton rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Brockton:

  • Less than $100: 144 people
  • $100 to $149: 72
  • $150 to $199: 257
  • $200 to $249: 429
  • $250 to $299: 713
  • $300 to $349: 424
  • $350 to $399: 314
  • $400 to $449: 204
  • $450 to $499: 272
  • $500 to $549: 296
  • $550 to $599: 262
  • $600 to $649: 393
  • $650 to $699: 490
  • $700 to $749: 633
  • $750 to $799: 752
  • $800 to $899: 1,773
  • $900 to $999: 1,614
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 2,798
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 871
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 248
  • $2,000 or more: 88
  • No cash rent: 355
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 4,352
  • 1990 to 1994: 2,674
  • 1985 to 1989: 3,535
  • 1980 to 1984: 2,304
  • 1975 to 1979: 1,402
  • 1970 to 1974: 965
  • 1970 to 1974: 777
  • 1965 to 1969: 1,335

Brockton, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 47.6%
Number of people working at home: 441 (1.1% of all workers)


Brockton travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 863
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 3429
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 5992
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 6322
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 5574
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 2031
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 5484
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 1130
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 1854
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 3677
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 3551
  • 90 or more minutes: 1175
 


Brockton mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 30,282 (73%)
  • Carpooled: 6,285 (15%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 1,697 (4%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 30 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 386 (1%)
  • Railroad: 898 (2%)
  • Ferryboat: 9 (0%)
  • Taxi: 97 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 61 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 46 (0%)
  • Walked: 956 (2%)
  • Other means: 335 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 441 (1%)
 


Brockton, MA household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 4044
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 2611
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 2072
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 2095
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 2052
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 2043
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 2125
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 1931
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 1560
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 3258
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 3696
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 3510
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 1345
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 671
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 488
  • $200,000 or more: 171
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 16741
 Irish: 12512
 Subsaharan African:: 9747
 Cape Verdean: 8609
 Italian: 7486
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 5612
 Haitian: 4622
 United States or American: 4064
 English: 4010
 French (except Basque): 2485
 Portuguese: 2069
 German: 1748
 French Canadian: 1652
 Polish: 1437
 Scottish: 1256
 Swedish: 1238
 Greek: 976
 Lithuanian: 961
 Scotch-Irish: 910
 African: 663
 Arab:: 522
 Lebanese: 457
 Russian: 448
 Brazilian: 432
 Jamaican: 408
 European: 362
 Canadian: 289
 Other Subsaharan African: 201
 West Indian: 187
 British: 174
 Barbadian: 168
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 160
 Finnish: 142
 Armenian: 140
 Albanian: 126
 Norwegian: 124
 Dutch: 107
 Eastern European: 84
 Ghanian: 81
 Nigerian: 74
 Danish: 71
 Welsh: 64
 Hungarian: 57
 Czech: 49
 Latvian: 46
 Turkish: 42
 Swiss: 40
 Ethiopian: 39
 Egyptian: 34
 British West Indian: 34
 Austrian: 32
 Somalian: 31
 Guyanese: 31
 Ukrainian: 28
 Romanian: 23
 Kenyan: 22
 Belizean: 15
 Liberian: 14
 South African: 13
 Moroccan: 13
 Slavic: 13
 Czechoslovakian: 12
 Arab/Arabic: 11
 Celtic: 10
 Dutch West Indian: 10
 Bulgarian: 9
 Belgian: 8
 Bahamian: 8
 Other Arab: 7
 Scandinavian: 7
 Icelander: 6


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):



  • Other Western Africa (35%)
  • Haiti (21%)
  • Vietnam (3%)
  • Brazil (3%)
  • Portugal (3%)
  • Greece (2%)
  • Middle Africa (2%)


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 64280
  • Northeast: 4926
  • Midwest: 830
  • South: 3328
  • West: 698

60% of Brockton residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 468
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 215
  • 5th and 6th grade: 506
  • 7th and 8th grade: 733
  • 9th grade: 882
  • 10th grade: 1,074
  • 11th grade: 960
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,722
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,082
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,583
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,275
  • Associate degree: 1,752
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,928
  • Master's degree: 922
  • Professional school degree: 256
  • Doctorate degree: 137


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 883
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 291
  • 5th and 6th grade: 492
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,014
  • 9th grade: 1,020
  • 10th grade: 1,088
  • 11th grade: 1,086
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,915
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,141
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,398
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,990
  • Associate degree: 2,560
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,747
  • Master's degree: 1,042
  • Professional school degree: 252
  • Doctorate degree: 14


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.7%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 11.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 8.6%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 15.5%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 1.7%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 9.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.1%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 10.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.9%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.6%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $46,460
  • Black householders: $61,455
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $25,757
  • Asian householders: $36,100
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $37,200
  • Some other race householders: $49,003
  • Two or more races householders: $60,332
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $58,922

Brockton household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Brockton household income for Black householders

Brockton household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Brockton household income for Asian householders

Brockton household income for Some other race householders

Brockton household income for Two or more races householders

Brockton household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Brockton marital status for males

Brockton marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $301,184
  • Black or African American householders: $321,931
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $321,931
  • Asian householders: $340,531
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $327,892
  • Some other race householders: $335,285
  • Two or more races householders: $317,877
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $311,438

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 16,228
  • One, attached: 634
  • Two: 4,390
  • 3 or 4: 5,956
  • 5 to 9: 2,282
  • 10 to 19: 1,806
  • 20 to 49: 669
  • 50 or more: 2,832
  • Mobile homes: 31
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

Median worth of mobile homes: $92,506


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Brockton:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
  • Utility gas (43%)
  • Electricity (4%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (55%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
  • Electricity (19%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,031
Here:  8.0%
Massachusetts:  10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 419
Here:  6.8%
Massachusetts:  12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 944
Here:  21.5%
Massachusetts:  48.2%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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