Population

63,266

US Census ACS 2024 5-year average

Median home value

$1,246,800

Owner-occupied units

Brookline, MA

Massachusetts · 42.324° N, 71.142° W · 7 sq mi

Brookline is a city in Massachusetts, with a population of 63,266 and about 9,360 residents per square mile. The median household earns $142,101 a year, and the median home is worth $1,246,800.

Conditions

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Local time

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Size & density

Land area

7 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

9,360

People per square mile

Rank by population

#677

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#863

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$142,101

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$2,835

Per month

Homeownership

46.9%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

27.1 min

One way

People

Median age

35.2

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

85.4%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

27.8%

Households

27,587

2.24 people each

What people here do for work

Education & health care 43.5^%

Professional & business services 19.5^%

Finance, insurance & real estate 9.8^%

Arts, food & hospitality 5.9^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in Massachusetts

Name

Abigail Johnson

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$31.5B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Milton

Source of wealth

Fidelity

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Massachusetts · private sector

Employer

Mass General Brigham

Sector

Healthcare

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.

Largest public company in Massachusetts

Company

TJX

Revenue

$56.4B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Framingham

Ticker

TJX

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of Massachusetts

State bird

Black-capped Chickadee

State flower

Mayflower

State capital

Boston

Nickname

The Bay State

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