What is the population of Holyoke city?

Holyoke city has 37,949 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #40 of 248 in Massachusetts.

What is the median household income in Holyoke city?

Median household income in Holyoke city is $51,892 a year, 33.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Holyoke city?

Median gross rent is $1,016 a month and the median home value is $255,300, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.

Is Holyoke city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Holyoke city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Holyoke, MA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts (Holyoke, MA — Census place “Holyoke city”) is 37,949 residents, ranking #40 of 248 places in Massachusetts. Median household income is $51,892, the median home is worth $255,300 and median gross rent runs $1,016 a month. Looking for the Holyoke Massachusetts ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Holyoke, MA: 01040.

Population: 37,949Holyoke city residents
Median household income: $51,892Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $255,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,016Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 41.6%Owner-occupied households

Holyoke ZIP codes (Massachusetts)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Holyoke.

The Holyoke MA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

01040

What the numbers mean in Holyoke city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Holyoke city median would spend about 23.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 23.7% of residents and 41.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Holyoke city, MA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Holyoke city is a small city in Massachusetts, with 37,949 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #40 of 248 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 39.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Holyoke city earn a median of $51,892 a year, 33.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 48% below the $99,537 median for the 222 Massachusetts cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 23.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Holyoke city is valued at $255,300, 15.9% below the national figure and 49% below the $497,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,016 a month, 27.7% below the national figure, or roughly $12,192 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 41.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Holyoke city?: Holyoke city has 37,949 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #40 of 248 in Massachusetts.
What is the median household income in Holyoke city?: Median household income in Holyoke city is $51,892 a year, 33.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Holyoke city?: Median gross rent is $1,016 a month and the median home value is $255,300, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.
Is Holyoke city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Holyoke city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Holyoke city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.