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Springfield city, Hampden County, MA

153,672 Population
31.9 square miles 4,821.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 39.9 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$26,901 ±$2,555 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hampden County: $37,635 ±$1,834
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$47,101 ±$7,377 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hampden County: $66,997 ±$4,435
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

29.9% ±4.1% (44,579  ±6,146) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 17.9% 79,995 (±1.7% / ±7,522)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

20.2 minutes ±1.1 (1,203,655  ±101,498) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 23.1 4,559,385 (±0.8 / ±216,990)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

56,229 ±2,704 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 184,698 ±2,296
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.6 ±0.1 (148,035  ±100) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 2.4 447,758 (±0 / ±189)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 † 6,760,613 (±,198.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±2.3% (2,177  ±954) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 4.2% † 4,470 (±1.1% / ±1,182)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

61,647 ±2,795 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 197,644 ±102
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$264,100 ±$7,126 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $302,100 ±$7,268
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

9.7% ±2.5% (14,744  ±3,821.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 8.4% † 38,229 (±1.3% / ±5,951.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

78% ±4.7% (76,738  ±5,166.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 86.8% 278,087 (±2.8% / ±8,884.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
18.1% ±2.4% (17,833  ±2,466.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 28.8% 92,283 (±1.7% / ±5,325.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

8.8% ±2.2% (13,551  ±3,393) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 9.6% † 44,156 (±11,578.5% / ±5,953)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% † 1,263,580 (±1,432.1% / ±22,521)

3.5% ±0.9% (4,004  ±1,091) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampden County: 5.2% † 18,762 (±0.7% / ±2,452)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
4,004 Total veterans ±1,091 3,870 Male ±1,039 134 Female ±178

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