Holly vs Walled Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Holly and Walled Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walled Lake has the higher population (7,275 vs 5,971 in Holly). Walled Lake has the higher median household income ($67,335 vs $61,221 in Holly). Walled Lake has the higher median home value ($213,000 vs $174,900 in Holly).

Population, income & housing

	Holly	Walled Lake
Population	5,971	7,275
Median age	43.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,221	$67,335
Median home value	$174,900	$213,000
Median gross rent	$974	$1,304
Housing units	2,738	3,583
Homeownership rate	65.7%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holly	Walled Lake
Population	6,174 → 5,971 (-3.3%)	7,173 → 7,275 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$53,225 → $61,221 (+15.0%)	$52,313 → $67,335 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $174,900 (+44.3%)	$146,900 → $213,000 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $974 (+35.7%)	$1,037 → $1,304 (+25.7%)

Holly

Population

6,1745,971

Median household income

$53,225$61,221

Median home value

$121,200$174,900

Median gross rent

$718$974

Walled Lake

Population

7,1737,275

Median household income

$52,313$67,335

Median home value

$146,900$213,000

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holly	Walled Lake
Under 5	5.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.5%
75 and over	8.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holly	Walled Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	83.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holly	Walled Lake
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holly	Walled Lake
Drove alone	74.3%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holly	Walled Lake
1-unit, detached	58.1%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	15.0%
20 or more units	12.2%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Holly	Walled Lake
Poverty rate	10.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1981	1979