Brookline vs Quincy

A side-by-side comparison of Brookline and Quincy: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookline and Quincy are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Quincy has the higher population (101,361 vs 62,822 in Brookline). Brookline has the higher median household income ($140,631 vs $95,711 in Quincy). Brookline has the higher median home value ($1,233,100 vs $598,100 in Quincy).

Population, income & housing

	Brookline	Quincy
Population	62,822	101,361
Median age	35.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$140,631	$95,711
Median home value	$1,233,100	$598,100
Median gross rent	$2,804	$1,998
Housing units	28,695	48,227
Homeownership rate	46.1%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.0%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookline	Quincy
Population	59,180 → 62,822 (+6.2%)	94,207 → 101,361 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$117,326 → $140,631 (+19.9%)	$77,562 → $95,711 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$933,200 → $1,233,100 (+32.1%)	$428,600 → $598,100 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,268 → $2,804 (+23.6%)	$1,501 → $1,998 (+33.1%)

Brookline

Population

59,18062,822

Median household income

$117,326$140,631

Median home value

$933,200$1,233,100

Median gross rent

$2,268$2,804

Quincy

Population

94,207101,361

Median household income

$77,562$95,711

Median home value

$428,600$598,100

Median gross rent

$1,501$1,998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookline	Quincy
Under 5	5.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.2%	20.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.5%
75 and over	7.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookline	Quincy
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	54.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	17.6%	29.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookline	Quincy
No high school diploma	2.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	5.0%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	7.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	57.8%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookline	Quincy
Drove alone	28.1%	53.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.7%
Public transit	20.1%	17.7%
Walked	15.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	27.0%	18.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookline	Quincy
1-unit, detached	18.2%	32.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	10.4%
20 or more units	28.9%	29.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookline	Quincy
Poverty rate	9.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1938	1958