Agawam Town vs Westfield

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

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

Westfield has the higher population (40,673 vs 28,510 in Agawam Town). Westfield has the higher median household income ($82,847 vs $82,359 in Agawam Town). Westfield has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $290,000 in Agawam Town).

Population, income & housing

	Agawam Town	Westfield
Population	28,510	40,673
Median age	46.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,359	$82,847
Median home value	$290,000	$295,500
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,064
Housing units	12,232	16,704
Homeownership rate	73.7%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agawam Town	Westfield
Population	28,696 → 28,510 (-0.6%)	41,449 → 40,673 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$68,944 → $82,359 (+19.5%)	$67,862 → $82,847 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $290,000 (+25.7%)	$234,400 → $295,500 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,234 (+12.4%)	$969 → $1,064 (+9.8%)

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

Westfield

Population

41,44940,673

Median household income

$67,862$82,847

Median home value

$234,400$295,500

Median gross rent

$969$1,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agawam Town	Westfield
Under 5	4.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.6%
75 and over	10.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agawam Town	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agawam Town	Westfield
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agawam Town	Westfield
Drove alone	80.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.9%	2.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.7%	7.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agawam Town	Westfield
1-unit, detached	64.3%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	7.7%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Agawam Town	Westfield
Poverty rate	6.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1970	1965