Chicopee vs Westfield

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

Chicopee and Westfield 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 40,673 in Westfield). Westfield has the higher median household income ($82,847 vs $66,927 in Chicopee). Westfield has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $251,800 in Chicopee).

Population, income & housing

	Chicopee	Westfield
Population	55,213	40,673
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,927	$82,847
Median home value	$251,800	$295,500
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,064
Housing units	25,528	16,704
Homeownership rate	57.2%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicopee	Westfield
Population	55,421 → 55,213 (-0.4%)	41,449 → 40,673 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$53,225 → $66,927 (+25.7%)	$67,862 → $82,847 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $251,800 (+38.3%)	$234,400 → $295,500 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,108 (+20.0%)	$969 → $1,064 (+9.8%)

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

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)

	Chicopee	Westfield
Under 5	4.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.6%
75 and over	7.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicopee	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	82.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicopee	Westfield
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicopee	Westfield
Drove alone	80.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.8%
Public transit	1.1%	2.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicopee	Westfield
1-unit, detached	47.4%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	8.4%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Chicopee	Westfield
Poverty rate	15.2%	11.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1957	1965