Agawam Town vs Holyoke

A side-by-side comparison of Agawam Town and Holyoke: population, income, housing, and more.

Agawam Town and Holyoke are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Holyoke has the higher population (37,949 vs 28,510 in Agawam Town). Agawam Town has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $51,892 in Holyoke). Agawam Town has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $255,300 in Holyoke).

Population, income & housing

	Agawam Town	Holyoke
Population	28,510	37,949
Median age	46.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,359	$51,892
Median home value	$290,000	$255,300
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,016
Housing units	12,232	17,057
Homeownership rate	73.7%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agawam Town	Holyoke
Population	28,696 → 28,510 (-0.6%)	40,241 → 37,949 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$68,944 → $82,359 (+19.5%)	$40,769 → $51,892 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $290,000 (+25.7%)	$195,800 → $255,300 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,234 (+12.4%)	$838 → $1,016 (+21.2%)

Agawam Town

Population

28,69628,510

Median household income

$68,944$82,359

Median home value

$230,700$290,000

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,234

Holyoke

Population

40,24137,949

Median household income

$40,769$51,892

Median home value

$195,800$255,300

Median gross rent

$838$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agawam Town	Holyoke
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.0%
75 and over	10.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agawam Town	Holyoke
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	43.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	51.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agawam Town	Holyoke
No high school diploma	5.4%	20.7%
High school graduate	29.4%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agawam Town	Holyoke
Drove alone	80.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.4%
Public transit	0.9%	2.7%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.7%	9.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agawam Town	Holyoke
1-unit, detached	64.3%	33.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	25.2%
20 or more units	7.7%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Agawam Town	Holyoke
Poverty rate	6.9%	23.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1970	1948