† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBrocktonMassachusettsUnited States
Cape Verdean19.3%0.9%—
Haitian9.7%1.1%0.3%
African American†2.6%2.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.9%0.5%0.4%
Irish10.3%18.6%9.4%
Italian4.9%11.1%4.8%
English4.8%9.7%9.5%
German2.0%5.4%12.5%
French1.3%4.7%1.6%
American1.3%3.3%5.3%
Portuguese1.3%2.3%—
Scottish0.9%—1.3%
Puerto Rican4.1%4.6%1.8%
Dominican1.8%2.7%0.7%
Mexican1.0%0.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.8%1.1%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.8%0.3%—
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%0.8%0.5%
Colombian0.5%0.6%0.4%
Chinese0.7%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%1.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.8%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Brockton
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
36.7
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.4%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brockton
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$80,115
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.5%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.3%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brockton
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
46.5%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
9.0%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
20.8%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
13.8%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brockton
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Brockton, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+41.3%
2008
+40.8%
2012
+48.0%
2016
+46.6%
2020
+53.7%
2024
+42.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
69.7%Harris24,727
27.1%Trump9,599
3.3%
D+42.6
R+11.1
D+44.1
35,484
D
76.1%Biden29,475
22.4%Trump8,689
1.4%
D+53.7
D+7.1
D+49.2
38,712
D
71.0%Clinton25,593
24.4%Trump8,801
4.6%
D+46.6
R+1.4
D+44.5
36,039
D
73.3%Obama25,840
25.3%Romney8,919
1.4%
D+48.0
D+7.2
D+44.1
35,254
D
69.7%Obama23,296
28.8%McCain9,644
1.5%
D+40.8
R+0.5
D+33.6
33,432
D
70.0%Kerry22,034
28.7%Bush9,024
1.4%
D+41.3
—
D+43.8
31,495
Brockton is one of Massachusetts' most diverse mid-sized cities, with a large Cape Verdean and Haitian community that has steadily shifted local electoral coalitions over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.6 points.
A population of 105,386, a 27% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,115 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Boston and Oakland.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Brockton, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 42.6 points (D+42.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 35,484 votes cast, 24,727 went Democratic and 9,599 went Republican.
How many people live in Brockton, Massachusetts?
Brockton, Massachusetts has a population of 105,386 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brockton, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Brockton, Massachusetts is $80,115 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Brockton, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Brockton, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
