Chicopee vs Holyoke

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

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

Chicopee has the higher population (55,213 vs 37,949 in Holyoke). Chicopee has the higher median household income ($66,927 vs $51,892 in Holyoke). Holyoke has the higher median home value ($255,300 vs $251,800 in Chicopee).

Population, income & housing

	Chicopee	Holyoke
Population	55,213	37,949
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,927	$51,892
Median home value	$251,800	$255,300
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,016
Housing units	25,528	17,057
Homeownership rate	57.2%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicopee	Holyoke
Population	55,421 → 55,213 (-0.4%)	40,241 → 37,949 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$53,225 → $66,927 (+25.7%)	$40,769 → $51,892 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $251,800 (+38.3%)	$195,800 → $255,300 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,108 (+20.0%)	$838 → $1,016 (+21.2%)

Chicopee

Population

55,42155,213

Median household income

$53,225$66,927

Median home value

$182,100$251,800

Median gross rent

$923$1,108

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)

	Chicopee	Holyoke
Under 5	4.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.0%
75 and over	7.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicopee	Holyoke
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	43.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	51.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicopee	Holyoke
No high school diploma	13.0%	20.7%
High school graduate	35.2%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicopee	Holyoke
Drove alone	80.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.4%
Public transit	1.1%	2.7%
Walked	1.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicopee	Holyoke
1-unit, detached	47.4%	33.0%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	25.2%
20 or more units	8.4%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Chicopee	Holyoke
Poverty rate	15.2%	23.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1957	1948