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Agawam Town city, Hampden County, MA

28,539 Population
23.3 square miles 1,223.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 40 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$47,079 ±$3,107 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $38,219 ±$597
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$85,421 ±$6,702 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $71,306 ±$1,758
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

6.7% ±1.6% (1,870  ±442) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 16.3% 73,610 (±0.8% / ±3,424)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

22.4 minutes ±1.1 (280,210  ±21,223) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hampden County: 22.8 4,264,735 (±0.3 / ±86,477)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

11,979 ±396 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 184,471 ±919
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.3 ±0.1 (28,041  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hampden County: 2.4 449,447 (±0 / ±150)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

4.1% ±2.3% (233  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 4.7% † 5,082 (±0.6% / ±681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

12,392 ±409 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 197,591 ±170
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$311,600 ±$11,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Hampden County: $298,800 ±$3,575
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

6.9% ±1.7% (1,963  ±480) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 8.3% 38,001 (±0.5% / ±2,450.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

95.5% ±4.6% (20,760  ±1,086) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 87.2% 279,909 (±1.3% / ±4,229.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
34% ±2.9% (7,382  ±636.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 29.3% 94,089 (±0.8% / ±2,496.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.2% ±1.9% (2,340  ±546) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,693
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

5.8% ±0.9% (1,369  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampden County: 5.5% 20,195 (±0.3% / ±1,039)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
1,369 Total veterans ±221 1,296 Male ±216 73 Female ±56

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