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Chicopee city, Hampden County, MA

55,661 Population
22.9 square miles 2,430.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hampden County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$27,265 ±$1,367 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hampden County: $29,020 ±$472
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$49,434 ±$2,378 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $53,403 ±$860
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

15.3% ±1.8% (8,397  ±970) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 17.1% 77,830 (±0.6% / ±2,806)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

18.8 minutes ±0.8 (483,295  ±25,985) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 22.6 4,638,180 (±0.3 / ±70,080)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

23,002 ±592 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 179,043 ±946
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.4 ±0.1 (54,353  ±315) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 454,428 (±0 / ±737)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

3.6% ±1.3% (482  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hampden County: 5% 5,537 (±0.5% / ±534)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

24,679 ±513 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 193,525 ±304
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$176,700 ±$4,033 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $203,100 ±$2,360
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

13.2% ±1.9% (7,299  ±1,037.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampden County: 12.5% 58,135 (±0.6% / ±2,942.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

84.9% ±2.7% (33,233  ±1,246.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampden County: 85.3% 269,803 (±1% / ±3,217.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
18.7% ±1.5% (7,300  ±602.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampden County: 27.2% 85,913 (±0.6% / ±1,849.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

7.8% ±1.1% (4,366  ±635) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 8.6% 40,514 (±0.4% / ±1,697)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

9.6% ±1% (4,264  ±436) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hampden County: 7.2% 26,372 (±0.3% / ±1,013)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
4,264 Total veterans ±436 3,930 Male ±407 334 Female ±135

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