Holbrook vs Walpole

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

Holbrook and Walpole 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 5,989 in Walpole). Walpole has the higher median household income ($132,411 vs $107,768 in Holbrook). Walpole has the higher median home value ($572,000 vs $436,500 in Holbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Holbrook	Walpole
Population	11,320	5,989
Median age	42.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$107,768	$132,411
Median home value	$436,500	$572,000
Median gross rent	$1,522	$1,952
Housing units	4,295	2,695
Homeownership rate	83.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holbrook	Walpole
Population	11,045 → 11,320 (+2.5%)	6,197 → 5,989 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$76,055 → $107,768 (+41.7%)	$94,375 → $132,411 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$324,800 → $436,500 (+34.4%)	$418,000 → $572,000 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,522 (+54.4%)	$1,201 → $1,952 (+62.5%)

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

Walpole

Population

6,1975,989

Median household income

$94,375$132,411

Median home value

$418,000$572,000

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,952

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holbrook	Walpole
Under 5	6.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.0%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	18.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.1%
75 and over	5.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holbrook	Walpole
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	12.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holbrook	Walpole
No high school diploma	6.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holbrook	Walpole
Drove alone	73.1%	68.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	4.4%	5.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.4%	23.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holbrook	Walpole
1-unit, detached	82.6%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	12.8%
20 or more units	5.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holbrook	Walpole
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1956	1970