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Southwick town, Hampden County, MA

9,722 Population
30.8 square miles 315.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,255 ±$3,120 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hampden County: $31,483 ±$563
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$84,896 ±$13,323 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Hampden County: $57,623 ±$1,342
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

5.6% ±2% (536  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampden County: 15.7% 71,113 (±0.7% / ±3,004)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

28.8 minutes ±2.8 (136,260  ±20,689) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 22.9 4,579,140 (±0.3 / ±83,948)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

3,869 ±202 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 180,492 ±888
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.5 ±0.1 (9,673  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 452,123 (±0 / ±793)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

11.4% ±9.7% (188  ±161) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Hampden County: 5.1% † 5,638 (±0.6% / ±627)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

4,119 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 193,713 ±341
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$299,500 ±$21,603 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hampden County: $216,100 ±$2,483
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

9.1% ±3.4% (871  ±325.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 11% 50,862 (±0.6% / ±2,575)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

93.5% ±8.4% (6,863  ±668.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 85.8% 273,279 (±1.3% / ±4,101)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
36.9% ±5.7% (2,710  ±426.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hampden County: 27.5% 87,433 (±0.7% / ±2,259)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

3.3% ±1.6% (325  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 8.8% 40,871 (±0.5% / ±2,174)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

10.1% ±2.6% (807  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 6.5% 23,782 (±0.3% / ±1,064)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
807 Total veterans ±209 585 Male ±158 222 Female ±165

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