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.
Like elsewhere in America, most people in Brockton use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Brockton‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding taxis. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
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.
Brockton also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.88%.
The most common language spoken in Brockton is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Portuguese.
