Bridgewater Town vs Brockton

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgewater Town and Brockton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brockton has the higher population (105,080 vs 28,669 in Bridgewater Town). Bridgewater Town has the higher median household income ($112,482 vs $77,089 in Brockton). Bridgewater Town has the higher median home value ($500,600 vs $405,500 in Brockton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater Town	Brockton
Population	28,669	105,080
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,482	$77,089
Median home value	$500,600	$405,500
Median gross rent	$1,976	$1,545
Housing units	9,798	37,420
Homeownership rate	75.0%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater Town	Brockton
Population	27,436 → 28,669 (+4.5%)	95,594 → 105,080 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$95,675 → $112,482 (+17.6%)	$58,469 → $77,089 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$358,900 → $500,600 (+39.5%)	$264,800 → $405,500 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,597 → $1,976 (+23.7%)	$1,111 → $1,545 (+39.1%)

Bridgewater Town

Population

27,43628,669

Median household income

$95,675$112,482

Median home value

$358,900$500,600

Median gross rent

$1,597$1,976

Brockton

Population

95,594105,080

Median household income

$58,469$77,089

Median home value

$264,800$405,500

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Brockton
Under 5	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	17.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.9%
75 and over	6.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Brockton
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	26.6%
Black or African American	6.6%	37.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	6.8%
Two or more races	3.6%	14.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater Town	Brockton
No high school diploma	5.8%	18.2%
High school graduate	32.5%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Brockton
Drove alone	75.2%	71.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	12.5%
Public transit	2.0%	5.0%
Walked	5.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.9%	6.3%
Other means	0.8%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater Town	Brockton
1-unit, detached	64.3%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	27.6%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	12.5%
20 or more units	7.8%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater Town	Brockton
Poverty rate	4.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1983	1960