Agawam Town vs Chicopee

A side-by-side comparison of Agawam Town and Chicopee: population, income, housing, and more.

Agawam Town and Chicopee are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chicopee has the higher population (55,213 vs 28,510 in Agawam Town). Agawam Town has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $66,927 in Chicopee). Agawam Town has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $251,800 in Chicopee).

Population, income & housing

	Agawam Town	Chicopee
Population	28,510	55,213
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,359	$66,927
Median home value	$290,000	$251,800
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,108
Housing units	12,232	25,528
Homeownership rate	73.7%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agawam Town	Chicopee
Population	28,696 → 28,510 (-0.6%)	55,421 → 55,213 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$68,944 → $82,359 (+19.5%)	$53,225 → $66,927 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $290,000 (+25.7%)	$182,100 → $251,800 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,234 (+12.4%)	$923 → $1,108 (+20.0%)

Agawam Town

Population

28,69628,510

Median household income

$68,944$82,359

Median home value

$230,700$290,000

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,234

Chicopee

Population

55,42155,213

Median household income

$53,225$66,927

Median home value

$182,100$251,800

Median gross rent

$923$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agawam Town	Chicopee
Under 5	4.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.3%
75 and over	10.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agawam Town	Chicopee
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	65.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	25.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agawam Town	Chicopee
No high school diploma	5.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agawam Town	Chicopee
Drove alone	80.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.4%
Public transit	0.9%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.7%	7.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agawam Town	Chicopee
1-unit, detached	64.3%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	24.8%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	7.7%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Agawam Town	Chicopee
Poverty rate	6.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1970	1957