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Springfield city, Hampden County, MA

154,788 Population
31.9 square miles 4,856.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 39.9 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,954 ±$1,460 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hampden County: $33,311 ±$1,133
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
$42,498 ±$3,769 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hampden County: $61,747 ±$2,198
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287

27.9% ±3.8% (41,542  ±5,596) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 17.3% 77,756 (±1.4% / ±6,239)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)

21.2 minutes ±0.6 (1,214,505  ±50,330) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 23 4,459,565 (±0.4 / ±97,649)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

57,806 ±2,206 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 184,544 ±2,205
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
2.6 ±0.1 (148,537  ±1,137) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hampden County: 2.4 448,089 (±0 / ±2,248)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)

5.5% ±2.4% (2,184  ±975) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 5.1% † 5,566 (±1.4% / ±1,494)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)

Housing

62,032 ±2,349 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 197,311 ±928
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315

$198,200 ±$9,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hampden County: $259,100 ±$6,162
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093

10.2% ±2.2% (15,575  ±3,394.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 8.5% † 38,893 (±1.2% / ±5,547.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)

Social

80.3% ±3.9% (77,325  ±4,483.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 87.2% 278,119 (±2.6% / ±8,321.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
22.3% ±2.5% (21,418  ±2,453.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hampden County: 30.8% 98,358 (±1.6% / ±5,229.2)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

11.1% ±1.7% (17,238  ±2,662) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 9.7% † 44,959 (±1% / ±4,669)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)

2.7% ±0.8% (3,133  ±921) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Hampden County: 5.5% 20,090 (±0.5% / ±1,983)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
3,133 Total veterans ±921 2,762 Male ±836 371 Female ±312

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