Brockton vs Plymouth

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

Brockton and Plymouth 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 7,852 in Plymouth). Brockton has the higher median household income ($77,089 vs $72,639 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($426,000 vs $405,500 in Brockton).

Population, income & housing

	Brockton	Plymouth
Population	105,080	7,852
Median age	36.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,089	$72,639
Median home value	$405,500	$426,000
Median gross rent	$1,545	$1,701
Housing units	37,420	4,169
Homeownership rate	57.0%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brockton	Plymouth
Population	95,594 → 105,080 (+9.9%)	7,081 → 7,852 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$58,469 → $77,089 (+31.8%)	$64,242 → $72,639 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$264,800 → $405,500 (+53.1%)	$348,800 → $426,000 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,111 → $1,545 (+39.1%)	$1,319 → $1,701 (+29.0%)

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

Plymouth

Population

7,0817,852

Median household income

$64,242$72,639

Median home value

$348,800$426,000

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brockton	Plymouth
Under 5	6.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	10.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.1%
75 and over	5.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brockton	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	80.2%
Black or African American	37.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	6.8%	4.3%
Two or more races	14.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brockton	Plymouth
No high school diploma	18.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	34.1%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brockton	Plymouth
Drove alone	71.8%	62.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	12.4%
Public transit	5.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	6.3%	16.2%
Other means	3.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brockton	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	47.3%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	27.6%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	23.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brockton	Plymouth
Poverty rate	13.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.90	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1960	1938