Holyoke vs Westfield

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

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

Westfield has the higher population (40,673 vs 37,949 in Holyoke). Westfield has the higher median household income ($82,847 vs $51,892 in Holyoke). Westfield has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $255,300 in Holyoke).

Population, income & housing

	Holyoke	Westfield
Population	37,949	40,673
Median age	39.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,892	$82,847
Median home value	$255,300	$295,500
Median gross rent	$1,016	$1,064
Housing units	17,057	16,704
Homeownership rate	41.6%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holyoke	Westfield
Population	40,241 → 37,949 (-5.7%)	41,449 → 40,673 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $51,892 (+27.3%)	$67,862 → $82,847 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$195,800 → $255,300 (+30.4%)	$234,400 → $295,500 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,016 (+21.2%)	$969 → $1,064 (+9.8%)

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

Westfield

Population

41,44940,673

Median household income

$67,862$82,847

Median home value

$234,400$295,500

Median gross rent

$969$1,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holyoke	Westfield
Under 5	6.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.6%
75 and over	8.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holyoke	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	82.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	51.6%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holyoke	Westfield
No high school diploma	20.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holyoke	Westfield
Drove alone	76.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.8%
Public transit	2.7%	2.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holyoke	Westfield
1-unit, detached	33.0%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	25.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	12.5%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Holyoke	Westfield
Poverty rate	23.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1948	1965