Agawam Town vs Palmer Town

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

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

Agawam Town has the higher population (28,510 vs 12,372 in Palmer Town). Agawam Town has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $78,789 in Palmer Town). Agawam Town has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $255,000 in Palmer Town).

Population, income & housing

	Agawam Town	Palmer Town
Population	28,510	12,372
Median age	46.1 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,359	$78,789
Median home value	$290,000	$255,000
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,041
Housing units	12,232	5,792
Homeownership rate	73.7%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agawam Town	Palmer Town
Population	28,696 → 28,510 (-0.6%)	12,237 → 12,372 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$68,944 → $82,359 (+19.5%)	$64,651 → $78,789 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $290,000 (+25.7%)	$197,000 → $255,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,234 (+12.4%)	$962 → $1,041 (+8.2%)

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

Palmer Town

Population

12,23712,372

Median household income

$64,651$78,789

Median home value

$197,000$255,000

Median gross rent

$962$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agawam Town	Palmer Town
Under 5	4.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	9.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	23.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.8%
75 and over	10.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agawam Town	Palmer Town
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	84.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agawam Town	Palmer Town
No high school diploma	5.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agawam Town	Palmer Town
Drove alone	80.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.7%	8.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agawam Town	Palmer Town
1-unit, detached	64.3%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	8.4%
20 or more units	7.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Agawam Town	Palmer Town
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1970	1965