Brockton is a relatively large city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 104,890 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Brockton is the sixth largest community in Massachusetts. Brockton has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Brockton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brockton is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Brockton who work in office and administrative support (11.14%), healthcare suport services (9.38%), and sales jobs (7.74%). In Brockton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.77 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Brockton is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, taxis helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Brockton area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.The population of Brockton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Brockton, 21.27% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Brockton in 2022 was $35,524, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,096 for a family of four. However, Brockton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brockton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brockton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brockton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Brockton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.93% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brockton include Cape Verdean, Haitian, Irish, Italian, and English. Foreign born people are also an important part of Brockton's cultural character, accounting for 32.88% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Brockton is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Portuguese.
