Massachusetts · Census place 2509000
Brockton, Massachusetts
Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts with an estimated 105,788 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 105,788
- #6 of 58 in Massachusetts
- Change since 2020
- +0.3%
- +303 people
- Land area
- 21.3 sq mi
- + 0.18 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,960 / sq mi
- State median 2,852
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Brockton population, 2020 to 2024
Brockton added 303 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +552. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Brockton is 2.4 times that size.
Brockton covers 21.33 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 4,960 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Brockton is denser than the typical town.
What county Brockton is in
All of Brockton's residents live in Plymouth County, which had 542,090 residents in 2024. Brockton holds 19.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Brockton
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Brockton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02301, 02302. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Brockton is
The Census internal point of Brockton is at 42.082500, -71.024600. Boston, the capital, is 19.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Boston, MA (673,458 people), 17.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Quincy, MA, 12.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 41 m (135 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.082500, -71.024600
- DMS
- 42°04'57.00"N 71°01'28.56"W
- UTM
- 19N 332540.6E 4660919.5N
- Geohash
- drmrruckq
- Plus code
- 87JC3XMG+25
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Brockton
At 42.08° N, Brockton gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Brockton daylight page.
Places near Brockton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Randolph Town, 6.8 miles away, with 35,114 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Brockton, MA?
105,788 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 303 (0.3%) from 105,485 in July 2020.
What county is Brockton in?
Plymouth County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Brockton?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 02301, 02302.
How far is Brockton from Boston?
19.1 miles (30.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Brockton.
What is the nearest larger city to Brockton?
Boston, MA, with 673,458 residents, 17.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.