Brockton vs Middleborough Center

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

Brockton and Middleborough Center 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 8,064 in Middleborough Center). Middleborough Center has the higher median household income ($79,520 vs $77,089 in Brockton). Brockton has the higher median home value ($405,500 vs $372,400 in Middleborough Center).

Population, income & housing

	Brockton	Middleborough Center
Population	105,080	8,064
Median age	36.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,089	$79,520
Median home value	$405,500	$372,400
Median gross rent	$1,545	$1,705
Housing units	37,420	3,522
Homeownership rate	57.0%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brockton	Middleborough Center
Population	95,594 → 105,080 (+9.9%)	7,343 → 8,064 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$58,469 → $77,089 (+31.8%)	$66,525 → $79,520 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$264,800 → $405,500 (+53.1%)	$294,800 → $372,400 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,111 → $1,545 (+39.1%)	$1,277 → $1,705 (+33.5%)

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

Middleborough Center

Population

7,3438,064

Median household income

$66,525$79,520

Median home value

$294,800$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brockton	Middleborough Center
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brockton	Middleborough Center
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	86.3%
Black or African American	37.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	6.8%	2.0%
Two or more races	14.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brockton	Middleborough Center
No high school diploma	18.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brockton	Middleborough Center
Drove alone	71.8%	83.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	6.0%
Public transit	5.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.3%	9.0%
Other means	3.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brockton	Middleborough Center
1-unit, detached	47.3%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	27.6%	28.5%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	9.9%
20 or more units	9.1%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Brockton	Middleborough Center
Poverty rate	13.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.90	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1960	1953