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West Springfield Town, MA

28,755 Population
16.7 square miles 1,718.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,129 ±$2,900 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: $38,068 ±$465
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$67,297 ±$8,886 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: $70,547 ±$1,306
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

10.5% ±2.4% (3,022  ±688) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 14.3% 93,745 (±0.6% / ±3,937)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

18.7 minutes ±0.8 (254,035  ±18,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 23.1 6,625,160 (±0.3 / ±106,119)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

12,691 ±506 Number of households
  • the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 276,028 ±1,223
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.3 ±0.1 (28,635  ±49) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 2.4 653,650 (±0 / ±245)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

5.5% ±2.9% (397  ±213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 4.6% † 7,536 (±0.5% / ±792)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

13,168 ±532 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 297,526 ±173
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$294,400 ±$14,516 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: $278,900 ±$1,931
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

13% ±3.8% (3,689  ±1,077.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 11.9% 81,087 (±0.4% / ±3,041.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

90.8% ±4.8% (18,703  ±1,147.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 89.3% 421,627 (±1% / ±4,718)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
36.5% ±3.1% (7,527  ±,688.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 34.5% 163,024 (±0.6% / ±2,776.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

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

18.1% ±3.2% (5,193  ±911) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 8.7% 60,207
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

5.8% ±1.1% (1,342  ±253) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Springfield, MA Metro Area: 6.2% 34,293 (±0.2% / ±1,325)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
1,342 Total veterans ±253 1,277 Male ±242 65 Female ±68

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