Chicopee vs Springfield

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

Chicopee 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 55,213 in Chicopee). Chicopee has the higher median household income ($66,927 vs $51,339 in Springfield). Chicopee has the higher median home value ($251,800 vs $222,700 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chicopee	Springfield
Population	55,213	154,751
Median age	41.1 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,927	$51,339
Median home value	$251,800	$222,700
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,114
Housing units	25,528	62,713
Homeownership rate	57.2%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicopee	Springfield
Population	55,421 → 55,213 (-0.4%)	154,139 → 154,751 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$53,225 → $66,927 (+25.7%)	$39,432 → $51,339 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $251,800 (+38.3%)	$156,200 → $222,700 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,108 (+20.0%)	$877 → $1,114 (+27.0%)

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

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)

	Chicopee	Springfield
Under 5	4.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.1%
75 and over	7.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicopee	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	29.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	47.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicopee	Springfield
No high school diploma	13.0%	20.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicopee	Springfield
Drove alone	80.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	10.4%
Public transit	1.1%	3.8%
Walked	1.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicopee	Springfield
1-unit, detached	47.4%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	28.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	9.5%
20 or more units	8.4%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Chicopee	Springfield
Poverty rate	15.2%	25.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1957	1951