Agawam Town vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (154,751 vs 28,510 in Agawam Town). Agawam Town has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $51,339 in Springfield). Agawam Town has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $222,700 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Agawam Town	Springfield
Population	28,510	154,751
Median age	46.1 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,359	$51,339
Median home value	$290,000	$222,700
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,114
Housing units	12,232	62,713
Homeownership rate	73.7%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agawam Town	Springfield
Population	28,696 → 28,510 (-0.6%)	154,139 → 154,751 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$68,944 → $82,359 (+19.5%)	$39,432 → $51,339 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $290,000 (+25.7%)	$156,200 → $222,700 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,234 (+12.4%)	$877 → $1,114 (+27.0%)

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

Springfield

Population

154,139154,751

Median household income

$39,432$51,339

Median home value

$156,200$222,700

Median gross rent

$877$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agawam Town	Springfield
Under 5	4.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.1%
75 and over	10.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agawam Town	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	29.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	47.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agawam Town	Springfield
No high school diploma	5.4%	20.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agawam Town	Springfield
Drove alone	80.4%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.9%	3.8%
Walked	0.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.7%	7.6%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agawam Town	Springfield
1-unit, detached	64.3%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	28.2%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	9.5%
20 or more units	7.7%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Agawam Town	Springfield
Poverty rate	6.9%	25.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1970	1951