Holland vs Palmer Town

A side-by-side comparison of Holland and Palmer Town: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmer Town has the higher population (12,372 vs 1,313 in Holland). Holland has the higher median household income ($83,382 vs $78,789 in Palmer Town). Holland has the higher median home value ($281,000 vs $255,000 in Palmer Town).

Population, income & housing

	Holland	Palmer Town
Population	1,313	12,372
Median age	52.8 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,382	$78,789
Median home value	$281,000	$255,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,041
Housing units	992	5,792
Homeownership rate	97.6%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holland	Palmer Town
Population	1,547 → 1,313 (-15.1%)	12,237 → 12,372 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$67,454 → $83,382 (+23.6%)	$64,651 → $78,789 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$220,400 → $281,000 (+27.5%)	$197,000 → $255,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,280 → $1,165 (-9.0%)	$962 → $1,041 (+8.2%)

Holland

Population

1,5471,313

Median household income

$67,454$83,382

Median home value

$220,400$281,000

Median gross rent

$1,280$1,165

Palmer Town

Population

12,23712,372

Median household income

$64,651$78,789

Median home value

$197,000$255,000

Median gross rent

$962$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holland	Palmer Town
Under 5	2.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	9.9%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	21.6%	23.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	11.8%
75 and over	7.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holland	Palmer Town
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holland	Palmer Town
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.6%
High school graduate	28.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holland	Palmer Town
Drove alone	87.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.6%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holland	Palmer Town
1-unit, detached	98.3%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Holland	Palmer Town
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1970	1965