Holbrook vs Shirley

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

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

Shirley has the higher population (27,807 vs 26,256 in Holbrook). Holbrook has the higher median household income ($139,116 vs $105,379 in Shirley). Holbrook has the higher median home value ($504,100 vs $390,300 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Holbrook	Shirley
Population	26,256	27,807
Median age	40.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$139,116	$105,379
Median home value	$504,100	$390,300
Median gross rent	$2,427	$2,110
Housing units	9,262	8,934
Homeownership rate	77.8%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holbrook	Shirley
Population	25,824 → 26,256 (+1.7%)	28,583 → 27,807 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$105,619 → $139,116 (+31.7%)	$87,242 → $105,379 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$377,100 → $504,100 (+33.7%)	$265,600 → $390,300 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,915 → $2,427 (+26.7%)	$1,878 → $2,110 (+12.4%)

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

Shirley

Population

28,58327,807

Median household income

$87,242$105,379

Median home value

$265,600$390,300

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holbrook	Shirley
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.7%
75 and over	6.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holbrook	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	57.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holbrook	Shirley
No high school diploma	6.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	28.9%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holbrook	Shirley
Drove alone	80.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	12.2%
Public transit	4.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holbrook	Shirley
1-unit, detached	74.3%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	5.1%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Holbrook	Shirley
Poverty rate	5.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.92	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1975	1975