Chicopee vs West Springfield Town

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

Chicopee 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.

Chicopee has the higher population (55,213 vs 28,635 in West Springfield Town). West Springfield Town has the higher median household income ($70,401 vs $66,927 in Chicopee). West Springfield Town has the higher median home value ($307,900 vs $251,800 in Chicopee).

Population, income & housing

	Chicopee	West Springfield Town
Population	55,213	28,635
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,927	$70,401
Median home value	$251,800	$307,900
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,121
Housing units	25,528	13,095
Homeownership rate	57.2%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicopee	West Springfield Town
Population	55,421 → 55,213 (-0.4%)	28,609 → 28,635 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$53,225 → $66,927 (+25.7%)	$53,053 → $70,401 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $251,800 (+38.3%)	$225,100 → $307,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,108 (+20.0%)	$878 → $1,121 (+27.7%)

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

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)

	Chicopee	West Springfield Town
Under 5	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.5%
75 and over	7.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicopee	West Springfield Town
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	71.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicopee	West Springfield Town
No high school diploma	13.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.2%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicopee	West Springfield Town
Drove alone	80.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicopee	West Springfield Town
1-unit, detached	47.4%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	12.7%
20 or more units	8.4%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Chicopee	West Springfield Town
Poverty rate	15.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1957	1961