Dedham vs Holbrook

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

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

Dedham has the higher population (25,109 vs 11,320 in Holbrook). Dedham has the higher median household income ($124,375 vs $107,768 in Holbrook). Dedham has the higher median home value ($630,400 vs $436,500 in Holbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Dedham	Holbrook
Population	25,109	11,320
Median age	43.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$124,375	$107,768
Median home value	$630,400	$436,500
Median gross rent	$2,058	$1,522
Housing units	10,648	4,295
Homeownership rate	72.7%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dedham	Holbrook
Population	25,283 → 25,109 (-0.7%)	11,045 → 11,320 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$100,757 → $124,375 (+23.4%)	$76,055 → $107,768 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$461,200 → $630,400 (+36.7%)	$324,800 → $436,500 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $2,058 (+23.3%)	$986 → $1,522 (+54.4%)

Dedham

Population

25,28325,109

Median household income

$100,757$124,375

Median home value

$461,200$630,400

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,058

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)

	Dedham	Holbrook
Under 5	5.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.2%
75 and over	9.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dedham	Holbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	63.1%
Black or African American	4.8%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dedham	Holbrook
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	20.4%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dedham	Holbrook
Drove alone	65.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.9%
Public transit	5.4%	4.4%
Walked	2.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	13.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dedham	Holbrook
1-unit, detached	64.7%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	13.3%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Dedham	Holbrook
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1955	1956