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Hampden town, Hampden County, MA

5,178 Population
19.6 square miles 264 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hampden County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$43,369 ±$4,427 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hampden County: $30,346 ±$338
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$91,646 ±$5,674 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hampden County: $55,429 ±$1,063
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

2.6% ±1.3% (130  ±67) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 16.4% 74,362 (±0.7% / ±2,937)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

28.1 minutes ±3 (72,135  ±10,192) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 22.9 4,718,470 (±0.3 / ±86,805)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

2,000 ±113 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 179,423 ±855
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.5 ±0.2 (5,089  ±97) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 453,270 (±0 / ±698)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

8.9% ±4.9% (83  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Hampden County: 4.6% † 5,067 (±0.5% / ±538)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

2,122 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 193,586 ±314
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$283,100 ±$8,146 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hampden County: $207,800 ±$1,847
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

4.8% ±2.3% (245  ±115.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 11.7% 54,082 (±0.6% / ±2,817.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

93.6% ±7.3% (3,732  ±312.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 85.8% 272,375 (±1.1% / ±3,451.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
35.3% ±4.6% (1,409  ±186.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hampden County: 27.1% 86,136 (±0.6% / ±1,977.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

1.7% ±1.1% (88  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 8.5% 39,963 (±0.4% / ±1,888)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

9.9% ±2.2% (426  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 6.7% 24,504 (±0.3% / ±972)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
426 Total veterans ±97 419 Male ±94 7 Female ±12

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