Holyoke is a medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 37,720 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Holyoke is the 44th largest community in Massachusetts. Holyoke has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Also of interest is that Holyoke has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.70% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The population of Holyoke overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Holyoke, 22.18% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Holyoke in 2018 was $27,973, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,892 for a family of four. However, Holyoke contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Holyoke is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Holyoke home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Holyoke, accounting for 51.67% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Holyoke residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Holyoke include Irish, French, Polish, French Canadian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Holyoke is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.