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West Springfield Town city, Hampden County, MA

28,609 Population
16.7 square miles 1,710.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hampden County: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,222 ±$2,064 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $30,346 ±$338
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$53,053 ±$3,094 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hampden County: $55,429 ±$1,063
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

11.3% ±2.6% (3,227  ±734) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampden County: 16.4% 74,362 (±0.7% / ±2,937)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

20.6 minutes ±1.2 (283,995  ±22,259) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 22.9 4,718,470 (±0.3 / ±86,805)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

12,605 ±437 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 179,423 ±855
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.3 ±0.1 (28,468  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 453,270 (±0 / ±698)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

6.3% ±2.2% (448  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hampden County: 4.6% † 5,067 (±0.5% / ±538)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

12,903 ±428 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 193,586 ±314
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$225,100 ±$7,269 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $207,800 ±$1,847
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

12.3% ±2.6% (3,480  ±723) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampden County: 11.7% 54,082 (±0.6% / ±2,817.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

89.6% ±4.4% (18,124  ±1,002.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampden County: 85.8% 272,375 (±1.1% / ±3,451.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
33.7% ±2.7% (6,818  ±569.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 27.1% 86,136 (±0.6% / ±1,977.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

13.2% ±2.4% (3,776  ±692) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 8.5% 39,963 (±0.4% / ±1,888)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

7.8% ±1.2% (1,763  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 6.7% 24,504 (±0.3% / ±972)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,763 Total veterans ±279 1,700 Male ±273 63 Female ±54

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