Brockton area & Old Colony Towns, Compared

The southern commuter belt around Brockton — the Bridgewaters, Easton and down toward Plymouth, more affordable than the shore towns just east.

Of the 12 Brockton area & Old Colony towns we cover, Abington both leads on school tier and sits closest to downtown Boston, at about 47 minutes, and Brockton is the cheapest at roughly $550k for a 4BR house. 9 of them have MBTA rail.

Every Brockton area & Old Colony town

Sorted by school tier, then commute to Boston. Every column links through to the town’s own page.

#	Town	Schools	4BR house	Commute	Rail	Tax rate	Est. bill
1	Abington	solid schools · Niche 120thT3	$650kT2	47 minT3	Rail · 39 min	$12.81T3	≈$8,300
2	Stoughton	solid schools · Niche 91stT3	$675kT2	47 minT3	Rail · 46 min	$11.81T2	≈$8,000
3	Whitman	solid schoolsT3	$600kT2	52 minT3	Rail · 43 min	$13.29T3	≈$8,000
4	Easton	solid schools · Niche 42ndT3	$825kT2	55 minT3	None	$12.59T3	≈$10,400
5	East Bridgewater	solid schoolsT3	$650kT2	57 minT3	None	$13.69T3	≈$8,900
6	West Bridgewater	solid schoolsT3	$675kT2	57 minT3	None	$13.61T3	≈$9,200
7	Hanson	solid schoolsT3	$650kT2	57 minT3	Rail · 48 min	$13.06T3	≈$8,500
8	Halifax	solid schoolsT3	$625kT2	62 minT4	Rail · 54 min	$14.08T3	≈$8,800
9	Bridgewater	solid schoolsT3	$625kT2	63 minT4	Rail · 53 min	$12.03T2	≈$7,500
10	Kingston	solid schoolsT3	$800kT2	68 minT4	Rail · 63 min	$12.82T3	≈$10,300
11	Plymouth	solid schools · Niche 108thT3	$775kT2	78 minT4	Rail · 66 min	$12.55T3	≈$9,700
12	Brockton	mixed schoolsT4	$550kT1	50 minT3	Rail · 38 min	$11.63T2	≈$6,400

How this region is defined: “Brockton area & Old Colony” has no legal boundary, so we use the membership of the Old Colony Planning Council rather than drawing our own line. Data last reviewed September 11, 2026. See the methodology for every source.