Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Holden
Holden covers 35.1 square miles of land in Worcester County, about 567 people to the square mile, and the numbers describe a town that is younger, wealthier and far more owner-occupied than the Commonwealth as a whole. One resident in four is under 18. Eighty-five percent of homes are lived in by their owners. The median household income is $142,880 and the poverty rate is 4.0 percent. Almost one resident in ten was born outside the United States, and one household in eight speaks a language other than English at home. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 19,905
- Households: 7,124
- Persons per household: 2.8
- Foreign-born: 8.7% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 17.4%
- Under 18: 25.5%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 86.5%
- Asian: 2.6%
- Black or African American: 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 5.4%
- Two or more races: 7.0%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 12.4%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $142,880
- Poverty rate: 4.0%
- Median home value: $433,300
- Median gross rent: $1,484
- Homeownership: 85.0% of units
- In the labor force: 68.3%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Holden’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, and they can vote in either party’s primary, which makes them the group every candidate has to win.
- Total registered: 15,784
- Unenrolled (no party): 10,731 (67.99%)
- Democrats: 2,954 (18.72%)
- Republicans: 1,946 (12.33%)
That count is the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s, as of February 2025. The Town Clerk’s own May 11, 2026 election sheet counts 15,939 registered voters as of May 1, 2026, and records 3,350 ballots cast for a turnout of 21.02%.
Sources
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