Holyoke vs Longmeadow

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

Holyoke and Longmeadow 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 15,724 in Longmeadow). Longmeadow has the higher median household income ($144,639 vs $51,892 in Holyoke). Longmeadow has the higher median home value ($425,800 vs $255,300 in Holyoke).

Population, income & housing

	Holyoke	Longmeadow
Population	37,949	15,724
Median age	39.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,892	$144,639
Median home value	$255,300	$425,800
Median gross rent	$1,016	$1,650
Housing units	17,057	5,914
Homeownership rate	41.6%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	66.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holyoke	Longmeadow
Population	40,241 → 37,949 (-5.7%)	15,791 → 15,724 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $51,892 (+27.3%)	$122,035 → $144,639 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$195,800 → $255,300 (+30.4%)	$343,700 → $425,800 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,016 (+21.2%)	$1,353 → $1,650 (+22.0%)

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

Longmeadow

Population

15,79115,724

Median household income

$122,035$144,639

Median home value

$343,700$425,800

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holyoke	Longmeadow
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.9%
75 and over	8.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holyoke	Longmeadow
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	85.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	51.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holyoke	Longmeadow
No high school diploma	20.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	32.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holyoke	Longmeadow
Drove alone	76.6%	72.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.7%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	21.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holyoke	Longmeadow
1-unit, detached	33.0%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	25.2%	1.5%
20 or more units	12.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Holyoke	Longmeadow
Poverty rate	23.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1948	1957