Holbrook vs Medfield

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

Holbrook and Medfield 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 6,355 in Medfield). Medfield has the higher median household income ($186,625 vs $107,768 in Holbrook). Medfield has the higher median home value ($734,200 vs $436,500 in Holbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Holbrook	Medfield
Population	11,320	6,355
Median age	42.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,768	$186,625
Median home value	$436,500	$734,200
Median gross rent	$1,522	$1,667
Housing units	4,295	2,567
Homeownership rate	83.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	72.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holbrook	Medfield
Population	11,045 → 11,320 (+2.5%)	6,966 → 6,355 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$76,055 → $107,768 (+41.7%)	$127,048 → $186,625 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$324,800 → $436,500 (+34.4%)	$615,200 → $734,200 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,522 (+54.4%)	$1,347 → $1,667 (+23.8%)

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

Medfield

Population

6,9666,355

Median household income

$127,048$186,625

Median home value

$615,200$734,200

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holbrook	Medfield
Under 5	6.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.6%
75 and over	5.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holbrook	Medfield
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	12.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holbrook	Medfield
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.8%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	32.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holbrook	Medfield
Drove alone	73.1%	51.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.6%
Public transit	4.4%	6.5%
Walked	1.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	34.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holbrook	Medfield
1-unit, detached	82.6%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holbrook	Medfield
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1956	1965