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East Longmeadow town, Hampden County, MA

16,368 Population
12.9 square miles 1,265.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$49,961 ±$4,711 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hampden County: $37,810 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$101,540 ±$11,935 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hampden County: $70,535 ±$1,145
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

2.9% ±1.1% (467  ±179) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 15.7% 70,787 (±0.7% / ±3,315)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

22 minutes ±0.8 (148,955  ±13,403) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hampden County: 22.9 4,394,490 (±0.2 / ±76,278)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

5,900 ±304 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 184,217 ±840
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.7 ±0.1 (15,914  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 2.4 449,657 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

7.5% ±5.9% (244  ±195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 5.1% † 5,571 (±0.7% / ±732)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

6,094 ±300 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 197,210 ±122
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$342,000 ±$15,593 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $276,300 ±$2,749
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

5.8% ±1.8% (932  ±,287.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampden County: 8.6% 39,308 (±0.5% / ±2,378)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

94.5% ±5.5% (10,644  ±,717.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 87.2% 278,861 (±1.3% / ±4,284.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
46.4% ±3.9% (5,231  ±,475.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 28.9% 92,525 (±0.8% / ±2,397.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

5.9% ±2% (973  ±329) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,693
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

7.3% ±1.7% (912  ±219) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 5.7% 20,944 (±0.3% / ±1,109)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
912 Total veterans ±219 865 Male ±203 47 Female ±47

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