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Brockton city, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Brockton city is a Census city of 105,386 people across 21.33 square miles of land, in Plymouth County. Median household income is $80,115, 57.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 96 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $35.8 m.
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Brockton
What Brockton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area21.33 sq mi
- Water area0.18 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,940
- County holding the largest share of its areaPlymouth County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brockton
How many people live in Brockton
- Population105,386
- Median age36.7
- Population under 1826,687
- Share under 1825.3 percent
- Population 65 and over15,191
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households36,042
- Family households26,105
- Share of households that are families72.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brockton
Income and work in Brockton
- Median household income$80,115
- Per capita income$35,830
- Civilian labor force55,370
- Employed50,618
- Unemployed4,752
- Unemployment rate8.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over69,057
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brockton
Housing in Brockton
- Housing units37,730
- Occupied units36,042
- Vacant units1,688
- Vacancy rate4.5 percent
- Owner occupied20,677
- Renter occupied15,365
- Ownership rate57.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$437,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,641
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.6 percent
- Single family units19,188
- Share single family50.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more18,410
- Share in buildings of two or more48.8 percent
- Mobile homes111 plus or minus 71
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brockton
How Brockton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute44,919
- Commuting under 15 minutes11,238
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more21,462
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.8 percent
- Drove alone70.7 percent
- Carpooled12.5 percent
- Public transport4.7 percent
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home6.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brockton
SBA 7(a) lending to Brockton borrowers
- Approvals96
- Gross approval$35,824,900
- Average approval$373,176
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$938,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported844
- Jobs per approval8.8
- Loans with a final outcome24
- Paid in full21
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans12.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.3 percent
- Share to franchises7.3 percent
- Distinct lenders32
- Distinct industries by NAICS56
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Brockton
SBA 504 lending to Brockton borrowers
- Approvals63
- Gross approval$42,611,000
- Average approval$676,365
- Median approval$373,000
- Largest approval$5,343,000
- Jobs supported519
- Loans with a final outcome22
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.5 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Plymouth County, not Brockton
Plymouth County context, not Brockton figures
These are Plymouth County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Brockton measurements.
- Establishments in Plymouth County13,421
- Employment at those establishments, Plymouth County180,733
- Covered employment, Plymouth County194,985
- Average annual pay, Plymouth County$69,858
- Average weekly wage, Plymouth County$1,343
- Housing units permitted, Plymouth County1,256
- Of those, single family, Plymouth County789
- County product, 2024, Plymouth County$36,916,622,000
- County product change over the prior year, Plymouth County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Plymouth County$117,465
Every figure in this section is published for Plymouth County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brockton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Brockton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brockton, Massachusetts?
105,386, in 36,042 households. Brockton city covers 21.33 square miles of land, which is 4,940 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brockton in?
Plymouth County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Brockton?
$80,115. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $437,500. Median gross rent is $1,641 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brockton businesses?
96 7(a) approvals totalling $35.8 m, across 32 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 63 504 approvals worth $42.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brockton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brockton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 24 loans that have reached a final outcome, 21 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 12.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Brockton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Plymouth County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Brockton.
Is zoning published for Brockton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.