Agawam Town vs West Springfield Town

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

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

West Springfield Town has the higher population (28,635 vs 28,510 in Agawam Town). Agawam Town has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $70,401 in West Springfield Town). West Springfield Town has the higher median home value ($307,900 vs $290,000 in Agawam Town).

Population, income & housing

	Agawam Town	West Springfield Town
Population	28,510	28,635
Median age	46.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,359	$70,401
Median home value	$290,000	$307,900
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,121
Housing units	12,232	13,095
Homeownership rate	73.7%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agawam Town	West Springfield Town
Population	28,696 → 28,510 (-0.6%)	28,609 → 28,635 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$68,944 → $82,359 (+19.5%)	$53,053 → $70,401 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $290,000 (+25.7%)	$225,100 → $307,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,234 (+12.4%)	$878 → $1,121 (+27.7%)

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

West Springfield Town

Population

28,60928,635

Median household income

$53,053$70,401

Median home value

$225,100$307,900

Median gross rent

$878$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agawam Town	West Springfield Town
Under 5	4.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.5%
75 and over	10.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agawam Town	West Springfield Town
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	71.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agawam Town	West Springfield Town
No high school diploma	5.4%	9.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agawam Town	West Springfield Town
Drove alone	80.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.7%	9.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agawam Town	West Springfield Town
1-unit, detached	64.3%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	12.7%
20 or more units	7.7%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Agawam Town	West Springfield Town
Poverty rate	6.9%	10.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1970	1961