Brockport is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Brockport area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Brockport maintain a good economy.
In terms of college education, Brockport is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.78% of adults in Brockport have a college degree.
The per capita income in Brockport in 2018 was $23,044, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,176 for a family of four. However, Brockport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brockport is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Brockport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brockport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brockport include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Brockport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
