Holyoke vs West Springfield Town

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

Holyoke and West Springfield Town 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 28,635 in West Springfield Town). West Springfield Town has the higher median household income ($70,401 vs $51,892 in Holyoke). West Springfield Town has the higher median home value ($307,900 vs $255,300 in Holyoke).

Population, income & housing

	Holyoke	West Springfield Town
Population	37,949	28,635
Median age	39.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,892	$70,401
Median home value	$255,300	$307,900
Median gross rent	$1,016	$1,121
Housing units	17,057	13,095
Homeownership rate	41.6%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holyoke	West Springfield Town
Population	40,241 → 37,949 (-5.7%)	28,609 → 28,635 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $51,892 (+27.3%)	$53,053 → $70,401 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$195,800 → $255,300 (+30.4%)	$225,100 → $307,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,016 (+21.2%)	$878 → $1,121 (+27.7%)

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

West Springfield Town

Population

28,60928,635

Median household income

$53,053$70,401

Median home value

$225,100$307,900

Median gross rent

$878$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holyoke	West Springfield Town
Under 5	6.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.5%
75 and over	8.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holyoke	West Springfield Town
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	71.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	51.6%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holyoke	West Springfield Town
No high school diploma	20.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holyoke	West Springfield Town
Drove alone	76.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.5%
Public transit	2.7%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holyoke	West Springfield Town
1-unit, detached	33.0%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	25.2%	12.7%
20 or more units	12.5%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Holyoke	West Springfield Town
Poverty rate	23.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1948	1961