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Hampden town, Hampden County, MA

4,966 Population
19.6 square miles 253.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.3 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampden County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$47,370 ±$4,112 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hampden County: $35,884 ±$527
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$110,320 ±$10,068 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hampden County: $66,619 ±$1,433
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

2.4% ±1.4% (115  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 15.8% 71,252 (±0.8% / ±3,805)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

27.4 minutes ±2.3 (63,665  ±8,057) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 22.8 4,375,665 (±0.4 / ±87,331)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

1,971 ±88 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 183,380 ±1,017
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.5 ±0.1 (4,901  ±16) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 451,263 (±0 / ±109)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

4.3% ±4.6% (37  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 5.4% † 5,864 (±0.7% / ±764)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

2,036 ±110 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 196,957 ±134
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$331,400 ±$14,136 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hampden County: $258,100 ±$2,681
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

4.1% ±2.5% (202  ±,124.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,252 (±0.6% / ±2,532.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

97.5% ±8.8% (3,873  ±,392.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 86.7% 275,963 (±1.3% / ±4,067.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
36.4% ±6.1% (1,447  ±,249.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 28.7% 91,226 (±0.7% / ±2,191.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

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

1.8% ±1.4% (87  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 9.3% 43,130
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

7.6% ±2.7% (333  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 6.2% 22,488 (±0.3% / ±1,162)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
333 Total veterans ±118 326 Male ±116 7 Female ±11

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