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Westfield, MA

40,673 Population
46.3 square miles 879.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$40,482 ±$2,274 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: $37,810 ±$633
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$82,847 ±$5,110 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: $70,535 ±$1,145
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

11% ±2.3% (4,175  ±873) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 15.7% 70,787 (±0.7% / ±3,315)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

26.2 minutes ±1.7 (460,555  ±36,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 22.9 4,394,490 (±0.2 / ±76,278)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

15,673 ±582 Number of households
  • the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 184,217 ±840
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.4 ±0.1 (37,977  ±70) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 2.4 449,657 (±0 / ±123)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

4% ±1.5% (390  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 5.1% † 5,571 (±0.7% / ±732)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

16,704 ±549 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 197,210 ±122
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$295,500 ±$6,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: $276,300 ±$2,749
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

11.9% ±2.4% (4,779  ±974.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 8.6% 39,308 (±0.5% / ±2,378)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

92.2% ±4.3% (25,389  ±1,356.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 87.2% 278,861 (±1.3% / ±4,284.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
32.6% ±2.8% (8,985  ±809.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 28.9% 92,525 (±0.8% / ±2,397.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

10% ±2.2% (4,074  ±913) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 9.4% 43,693
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

6.9% ±1.1% (2,230  ±348) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 5.7% 20,944 (±0.3% / ±1,109)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
2,230 Total veterans ±348 2,070 Male ±328 160 Female ±77

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