Brockton vs Hull

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

Brockton and Hull 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 10,098 in Hull). Hull has the higher median household income ($127,112 vs $77,089 in Brockton). Hull has the higher median home value ($606,100 vs $405,500 in Brockton).

Population, income & housing

	Brockton	Hull
Population	105,080	10,098
Median age	36.5 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,089	$127,112
Median home value	$405,500	$606,100
Median gross rent	$1,545	$1,885
Housing units	37,420	5,733
Homeownership rate	57.0%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brockton	Hull
Population	95,594 → 105,080 (+9.9%)	10,455 → 10,098 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$58,469 → $77,089 (+31.8%)	$88,476 → $127,112 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$264,800 → $405,500 (+53.1%)	$406,600 → $606,100 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,111 → $1,545 (+39.1%)	$1,423 → $1,885 (+32.5%)

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

Hull

Population

10,45510,098

Median household income

$88,476$127,112

Median home value

$406,600$606,100

Median gross rent

$1,423$1,885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brockton	Hull
Under 5	6.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	9.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	25.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	16.3%
75 and over	5.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brockton	Hull
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	94.4%
Black or African American	37.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	6.8%	1.5%
Two or more races	14.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brockton	Hull
No high school diploma	18.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	34.1%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brockton	Hull
Drove alone	71.8%	68.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	3.3%
Public transit	5.0%	6.7%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.3%	19.2%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brockton	Hull
1-unit, detached	47.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	27.6%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	9.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brockton	Hull
Poverty rate	13.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1960	1945