Brockton vs Heckscherville

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

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

Brockton has the higher population (350 vs 315 in Heckscherville). Brockton has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $66,042 in Heckscherville). Brockton has the higher median home value ($120,500 vs $71,700 in Heckscherville).

Population, income & housing

	Brockton	Heckscherville
Population	350	315
Median age	41.0 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$66,042
Median home value	$120,500	$71,700
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	193	108
Homeownership rate	87.0%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	16.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brockton	Heckscherville
Population	—	188 → 315 (+67.6%)
Median household income	—	$43,000 → $66,042 (+53.6%)
Median home value	—	$51,000 → $71,700 (+40.6%)

Brockton

Heckscherville

Population

188315

Median household income

$43,000$66,042

Median home value

$51,000$71,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brockton	Heckscherville
Under 5	5.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	24.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	20.6%
35 to 44	16.9%	4.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	3.2%
75 and over	3.4%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brockton	Heckscherville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brockton	Heckscherville
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	39.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brockton	Heckscherville
Drove alone	79.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brockton	Heckscherville
1-unit, detached	65.3%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	30.1%	44.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brockton	Heckscherville
Poverty rate	6.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.40	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	35	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938