Holyoke vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (154,751 vs 37,949 in Holyoke). Holyoke has the higher median household income ($51,892 vs $51,339 in Springfield). Holyoke has the higher median home value ($255,300 vs $222,700 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Holyoke	Springfield
Population	37,949	154,751
Median age	39.1 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,892	$51,339
Median home value	$255,300	$222,700
Median gross rent	$1,016	$1,114
Housing units	17,057	62,713
Homeownership rate	41.6%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holyoke	Springfield
Population	40,241 → 37,949 (-5.7%)	154,139 → 154,751 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $51,892 (+27.3%)	$39,432 → $51,339 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$195,800 → $255,300 (+30.4%)	$156,200 → $222,700 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,016 (+21.2%)	$877 → $1,114 (+27.0%)

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

Springfield

Population

154,139154,751

Median household income

$39,432$51,339

Median home value

$156,200$222,700

Median gross rent

$877$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holyoke	Springfield
Under 5	6.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.1%
75 and over	8.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holyoke	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	29.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	51.6%	47.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holyoke	Springfield
No high school diploma	20.7%	20.2%
High school graduate	30.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holyoke	Springfield
Drove alone	76.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	10.4%
Public transit	2.7%	3.8%
Walked	2.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.6%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holyoke	Springfield
1-unit, detached	33.0%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	28.2%
5 to 19 units	25.2%	9.5%
20 or more units	12.5%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Holyoke	Springfield
Poverty rate	23.7%	25.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1948	1951