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Springfield city, Hampden County, MA

154,886 Population
31.9 square miles 4,860 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 40 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,224 ±$1,700 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hampden County: $38,309 ±$1,121
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$57,384 ±$3,786 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $71,402 ±$4,274
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

23.8% ±3.7% (35,564  ±5,582) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 16.3% 73,796 (±1.6% / ±7,174)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

20.2 minutes ±0.5 (1,153,245  ±43,651) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 22.8 4,264,735 (±0.3 / ±86,477)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

55,547 ±2,638 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 184,235 ±2,421
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.7 ±0.1 (149,166  ±232) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 451,207 (±0 / ±290)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

4.4% ±2.3% (1,769  ±933) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 3.7% † 4,097 (±1.2% / ±1,323)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

59,582 ±2,734 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 198,044 ±123
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$278,300 ±$10,137 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $331,300 ±$6,882
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

10% ±2.3% (15,182  ±3,462.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 8.5% † 38,860 (±1.2% / ±5,639.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

81.9% ±4.7% (79,865  ±5,466.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hampden County: 87.4% 284,068 (±2.7% / ±9,007.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
21.4% ±2.7% (20,895  ±2,701.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hampden County: 29.3% 95,238 (±1.6% / ±5,070.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

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

11.1% ±2.4% (17,134  ±3,679) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 9.2% 42,882
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

3.3% ±1% (3,760  ±1,162) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 5.3% † 19,620 (±0.7% / ±2,659)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
3,760 Total veterans ±1,162 3,028 Male ±1,046 732 Female ±532

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