Holbrook vs Sharon

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

Holbrook and Sharon 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 6,022 in Sharon). Sharon has the higher median household income ($183,239 vs $107,768 in Holbrook). Sharon has the higher median home value ($614,300 vs $436,500 in Holbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Holbrook	Sharon
Population	11,320	6,022
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$107,768	$183,239
Median home value	$436,500	$614,300
Median gross rent	$1,522	$2,469
Housing units	4,295	2,117
Homeownership rate	83.4%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	83.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holbrook	Sharon
Population	11,045 → 11,320 (+2.5%)	5,914 → 6,022 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$76,055 → $107,768 (+41.7%)	$144,333 → $183,239 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$324,800 → $436,500 (+34.4%)	$471,900 → $614,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,522 (+54.4%)	$1,442 → $2,469 (+71.2%)

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

Sharon

Population

5,9146,022

Median household income

$144,333$183,239

Median home value

$471,900$614,300

Median gross rent

$1,442$2,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holbrook	Sharon
Under 5	6.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.0%
75 and over	5.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holbrook	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	72.4%
Black or African American	12.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	14.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holbrook	Sharon
No high school diploma	6.3%	0.4%
High school graduate	28.8%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	46.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holbrook	Sharon
Drove alone	73.1%	54.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	1.7%
Public transit	4.4%	16.2%
Walked	1.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.4%	25.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holbrook	Sharon
1-unit, detached	82.6%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holbrook	Sharon
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1956	1955