Bellingham vs Holbrook

A side-by-side comparison of Bellingham and Holbrook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holbrook has the higher population (11,320 vs 4,939 in Bellingham). Holbrook has the higher median household income ($107,768 vs $88,731 in Bellingham). Holbrook has the higher median home value ($436,500 vs $385,300 in Bellingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Holbrook
Population	4,939	11,320
Median age	46.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,731	$107,768
Median home value	$385,300	$436,500
Median gross rent	$1,995	$1,522
Housing units	2,138	4,295
Homeownership rate	66.0%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Holbrook
Population	4,383 → 4,939 (+12.7%)	11,045 → 11,320 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$87,045 → $88,731 (+1.9%)	$76,055 → $107,768 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$278,300 → $385,300 (+38.4%)	$324,800 → $436,500 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,995 (+52.2%)	$986 → $1,522 (+54.4%)

Bellingham

Population

4,3834,939

Median household income

$87,045$88,731

Median home value

$278,300$385,300

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,995

Holbrook

Population

11,04511,320

Median household income

$76,055$107,768

Median home value

$324,800$436,500

Median gross rent

$986$1,522

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Holbrook
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.2%
75 and over	8.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Holbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	63.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Holbrook
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	30.5%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Holbrook
Drove alone	82.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.9%	4.4%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	13.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Holbrook
1-unit, detached	55.3%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	13.8%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Holbrook
Poverty rate	1.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1979	1956