Holt vs Okemos

A side-by-side comparison of Holt and Okemos: population, income, housing, and more.

Holt and Okemos are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Okemos has the higher population (25,503 vs 25,275 in Holt). Okemos has the higher median household income ($97,603 vs $87,827 in Holt). Okemos has the higher median home value ($336,800 vs $213,200 in Holt).

Population, income & housing

	Holt	Okemos
Population	25,275	25,503
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,827	$97,603
Median home value	$213,200	$336,800
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,250
Housing units	10,881	11,025
Homeownership rate	65.6%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holt	Okemos
Population	26,065 → 25,275 (-3.0%)	24,141 → 25,503 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$66,316 → $87,827 (+32.4%)	$78,600 → $97,603 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $213,200 (+31.2%)	$243,200 → $336,800 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,323 (+34.3%)	$989 → $1,250 (+26.4%)

Holt

Population

26,06525,275

Median household income

$66,316$87,827

Median home value

$162,500$213,200

Median gross rent

$985$1,323

Okemos

Population

24,14125,503

Median household income

$78,600$97,603

Median home value

$243,200$336,800

Median gross rent

$989$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holt	Okemos
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	15.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.4%
75 and over	6.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holt	Okemos
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	62.5%
Black or African American	7.2%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	4.5%	19.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holt	Okemos
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	21.1%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	42.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holt	Okemos
Drove alone	72.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.6%	2.5%
Walked	1.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.0%	19.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holt	Okemos
1-unit, detached	58.0%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	16.1%
20 or more units	6.9%	20.1%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Holt	Okemos
Poverty rate	11.1%	12.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1987	1984