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Brockton, MA
105,788 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2509000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Brockton ranked #303 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Brockton and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Manchester NH, Elgin IL, Dearborn MI, Hampton VA, Green Bay WI, West Valley City UT, Kenosha WI, Quincy MA, Mesquite TX, Davenport IA, Lowell MA, Independence MO, Lakewood CO · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #303 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #238 | #312 | #313 | #287 | #305 | #301 | #319 | #297 | #276 | #303 | #313 | #228 | #275 | #244 | #262 | #301 | #176 | #317 | #303 | #298 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 94,424 | 94,031 | 93,821 | 93,757 | 93,747 | 93,809 | 94,117 | 94,050 | 94,361 | 94,858 | 95,425 | 95,441 | 95,682 | 95,723 | 95,708 | 105,485 | 105,413 | 105,029 | 105,236 | 105,788 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #92 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | — | +0.0 | -0.2 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | -0.3 | +0.7 | -0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #245 of 269 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | — | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #265 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 20.2% | 23.4% | 22.8% | 21.9% | 25.6% | 24.5% | 27.0% | 24.2% | 25.1% | 27.9% | 26.4% | 24.1% | 23.1% | 23.1% | 21.9% | — | 24.5% | 24.8% | 24.1% | 27.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #185 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | 10.6 | 8.5 | 11.7 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 12.7 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 7.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #145 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 90.0 | 129.7 | 127.9 | 98.1 | 121.6 | 104.5 | 108.4 | 106.3 | 96.4 | 83.3 | 90.1 | 70.2 | 71.1 | 74.2 | 63.7 | 64.5 | 68.3 | 76.2 | 66.5 | 54.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38,693 | 38,925 | 40,120 | 39,645 | 39,080 | 40,637 | 40,400 | 41,065 | 40,879 | 37,433 | 38,715 | 39,664 | 39,557 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #294 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.0 | +0.8 | -3.3 | -3.7 | +1.5 | -1.9 | +0.2 | -1.7 | -1.2 | +1.9 | -2.8 | -2.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39,929 | 41,813 | 42,725 | 44,165 | 45,575 | 45,591 | 47,719 | 48,173 | 46,226 | — | 51,288 | 53,795 | 50,255 | 51,431 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #319 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.5% | 12.4% | 12.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% | 10.3% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 8.5% | — | 8.0% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 7.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #207 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | -2% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 3% | -10% | 16% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #248 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | $1,479 | $3,437 | $3,839 | $3,932 | $3,870 | $3,620 | $3,556 | $3,428 | $3,237 | $2,990 | $2,911 | $2,693 | $2,492 | $2,341 | $2,266 | $1,884 | $1,762 | $4,589 | $5,163 | $4,743 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Brockton. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.