Census Reporter

Springfield, MA

153,599 Population
31.9 square miles 4,819.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$22,684 ±$1,325 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: $33,702 ±$892
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$44,596 ±$4,278 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: $62,346 ±$1,767
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

22.8% ±3.4% (33,853  ±4,981) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 12.6% 83,122 (±0.8% / ±5,496)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

22.5 minutes ±1.2 (1,429,995  ±106,173) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 24 7,742,940 (±0.6 / ±261,955)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)

Families

54,922 ±2,157 Number of households
  • the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 270,899 ±2,746
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
2.7 ±0.1 (147,846  ±934) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 2.4 657,987 (±0 / ±2,363)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

4.6% ±1.8% (1,874  ±737) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 3.3% † 5,723 (±0.6% / ±1,096)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

60,454 ±2,526 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 292,482 ±984
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$165,800 ±$2,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: $241,600 ±$4,056
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

8.9% ±2.1% (13,409  ±3,154.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 12.4% 85,846 (±1% / ±7,091)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

80.2% ±4.3% (75,366  ±4,545.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 89.1% 422,242 (±2% / ±9,704.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
16.8% ±1.9% (15,776  ±1,878.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 34.2% 161,982 (±1.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

9.4% ±1.9% (14,486  ±2,920) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 8.1% 56,276 (±0.6% / ±4,234)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

3.5% ±0.8% (3,974  ±866) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 6% 33,920 (±0.4% / ±2,284)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
3,974 Total veterans ±866 3,642 Male ±784 332 Female ±319

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