Holbrook vs Smithtown

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

Holbrook and Smithtown 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 24,940 in Smithtown). Smithtown has the higher median household income ($148,852 vs $139,116 in Holbrook). Smithtown has the higher median home value ($661,400 vs $504,100 in Holbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Holbrook	Smithtown
Population	26,256	24,940
Median age	40.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$139,116	$148,852
Median home value	$504,100	$661,400
Median gross rent	$2,427	$1,851
Housing units	9,262	8,414
Homeownership rate	77.8%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holbrook	Smithtown
Population	25,824 → 26,256 (+1.7%)	26,260 → 24,940 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$105,619 → $139,116 (+31.7%)	$137,347 → $148,852 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$377,100 → $504,100 (+33.7%)	$535,300 → $661,400 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,915 → $2,427 (+26.7%)	$1,497 → $1,851 (+23.6%)

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

Smithtown

Population

26,26024,940

Median household income

$137,347$148,852

Median home value

$535,300$661,400

Median gross rent

$1,497$1,851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holbrook	Smithtown
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.1%
75 and over	6.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holbrook	Smithtown
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holbrook	Smithtown
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	28.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holbrook	Smithtown
Drove alone	80.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.5%
Public transit	4.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	16.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holbrook	Smithtown
1-unit, detached	74.3%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	5.1%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Holbrook	Smithtown
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1975	1967