Holbrook vs Medford

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

Holbrook and Medford are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Holbrook has the higher population (26,256 vs 25,681 in Medford). Holbrook has the higher median household income ($139,116 vs $128,631 in Medford). Holbrook has the higher median home value ($504,100 vs $444,500 in Medford).

Population, income & housing

	Holbrook	Medford
Population	26,256	25,681
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$139,116	$128,631
Median home value	$504,100	$444,500
Median gross rent	$2,427	$2,404
Housing units	9,262	8,325
Homeownership rate	77.8%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holbrook	Medford
Population	25,824 → 26,256 (+1.7%)	24,406 → 25,681 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$105,619 → $139,116 (+31.7%)	$95,603 → $128,631 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$377,100 → $504,100 (+33.7%)	$324,800 → $444,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,915 → $2,427 (+26.7%)	$2,057 → $2,404 (+16.9%)

Holbrook

Population

25,82426,256

Median household income

$105,619$139,116

Median home value

$377,100$504,100

Median gross rent

$1,915$2,427

Medford

Population

24,40625,681

Median household income

$95,603$128,631

Median home value

$324,800$444,500

Median gross rent

$2,057$2,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holbrook	Medford
Under 5	5.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.9%
75 and over	6.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holbrook	Medford
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	57.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holbrook	Medford
No high school diploma	6.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holbrook	Medford
Drove alone	80.3%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.6%
Public transit	4.0%	6.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	8.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holbrook	Medford
1-unit, detached	74.3%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Holbrook	Medford
Poverty rate	5.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.92	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1975	1975