Cost of Living in Brockton
Brockton's cost of living runs genuinely below Massachusetts's statewide housing picture, though its property tax rate runs modestly, not severely, above the state average.
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Learn moreHousing costs below the state average
Brockton's home-value figures ($405,500-$516,482, depending on methodology) run genuinely below Massachusetts's $667,265 statewide average.
A modestly elevated property tax rate
Brockton's effective property tax rate (1.16%-1.21%) runs modestly above both the national median (1.02%) and Massachusetts's own statewide median -- a real, disclosed factor partially offsetting the housing-price affordability.
Massachusetts's statewide income and sales tax apply
Brockton residents pay Massachusetts's real flat 5% state income tax and the state's single, uniform 6.25% sales tax -- see massachusetts.js for the full statewide disclosure.
Key takeaways
- Brockton's home values run genuinely below the Massachusetts statewide average.
- Brockton's effective property tax rate runs modestly above the national and Massachusetts state medians.
- Massachusetts's statewide flat income tax and uniform sales tax apply identically in Brockton.
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