Holmes, Pennsylvania.
. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$793 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
Living in Holmes, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
The Census does not count Holmes on its own, so the figures here are Delaware County's. Half the county's households earn more than $89,546 a year and half less; 10% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 70% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Delaware County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Delaware County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Holmes is a small community in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and relatively few residents live below the poverty line. The typical adult is in middle age, and household incomes are generally comfortable. Winters are cold with a fair amount of snow, summers are warm, and rain falls through much of the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in professional and business services. Shops, banks, insurance and property are also common employers. Across Delaware County, unemployment is lower than it was a year earlier, and the number of jobs grew slightly last year. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and many people work from home.
Things to do. Lincoln Financial Field, a stadium, is a short drive away. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, a museum, and the Franklin Institute, also a museum, are each a short drive away as well.
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- 216,946households
- 39.1median age
- 42%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
What people in Delaware County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Delaware County had 219,222 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 70°. About 23 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Philadelphia International Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Delaware County
- Villanova UniversityUniversity or college3,306
- The Boeing CompanyAircraft manufacturing3,071
- Contemporary Services2,644
- Crozer Chester Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,932FTE
- Lower Merion SDSchool district1,636FTE
- Widener UniversityUniversity or college1,428
- Upper Darby SDSchool district1,249FTE
- Elwyn Media CampusGroup homes, intellectual and developmental disability1,152
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 380 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 48,480 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Delaware County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Delaware County and the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro.
Holmes home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
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Zip codes with a Holmes address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Holmes — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.