Longmeadow vs Monson Center

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

Longmeadow and Monson Center are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Longmeadow has the higher population (15,724 vs 1,794 in Monson Center). Longmeadow has the higher median household income ($144,639 vs $58,603 in Monson Center). Longmeadow has the higher median home value ($425,800 vs $279,500 in Monson Center).

Population, income & housing

	Longmeadow	Monson Center
Population	15,724	1,794
Median age	44.8 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$144,639	$58,603
Median home value	$425,800	$279,500
Median gross rent	$1,650	$770
Housing units	5,914	906
Homeownership rate	91.9%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	16.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longmeadow	Monson Center
Population	15,791 → 15,724 (-0.4%)	1,881 → 1,794 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$122,035 → $144,639 (+18.5%)	$64,673 → $58,603 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$343,700 → $425,800 (+23.9%)	$220,000 → $279,500 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,650 (+22.0%)	$903 → $770 (-14.7%)

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

Monson Center

Population

1,8811,794

Median household income

$64,673$58,603

Median home value

$220,000$279,500

Median gross rent

$903$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longmeadow	Monson Center
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	17.2%
75 and over	10.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longmeadow	Monson Center
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longmeadow	Monson Center
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	8.5%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	32.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longmeadow	Monson Center
Drove alone	72.5%	75.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	21.0%	15.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longmeadow	Monson Center
1-unit, detached	89.7%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	34.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	13.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Longmeadow	Monson Center
Poverty rate	3.9%	26.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	44
Median year structure built	1957	1938