Chicopee vs Longmeadow

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

Chicopee and Longmeadow 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 15,724 in Longmeadow). Longmeadow has the higher median household income ($144,639 vs $66,927 in Chicopee). Longmeadow has the higher median home value ($425,800 vs $251,800 in Chicopee).

Population, income & housing

	Chicopee	Longmeadow
Population	55,213	15,724
Median age	41.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,927	$144,639
Median home value	$251,800	$425,800
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,650
Housing units	25,528	5,914
Homeownership rate	57.2%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	66.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicopee	Longmeadow
Population	55,421 → 55,213 (-0.4%)	15,791 → 15,724 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$53,225 → $66,927 (+25.7%)	$122,035 → $144,639 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $251,800 (+38.3%)	$343,700 → $425,800 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,108 (+20.0%)	$1,353 → $1,650 (+22.0%)

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

Longmeadow

Population

15,79115,724

Median household income

$122,035$144,639

Median home value

$343,700$425,800

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicopee	Longmeadow
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.9%
75 and over	7.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicopee	Longmeadow
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicopee	Longmeadow
No high school diploma	13.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	32.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicopee	Longmeadow
Drove alone	80.9%	72.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	21.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicopee	Longmeadow
1-unit, detached	47.4%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	1.5%
20 or more units	8.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chicopee	Longmeadow
Poverty rate	15.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1957	1957