Longmeadow vs Palmer Town

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

Longmeadow and Palmer Town 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 12,372 in Palmer Town). Longmeadow has the higher median household income ($144,639 vs $78,789 in Palmer Town). Longmeadow has the higher median home value ($425,800 vs $255,000 in Palmer Town).

Population, income & housing

	Longmeadow	Palmer Town
Population	15,724	12,372
Median age	44.8 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$144,639	$78,789
Median home value	$425,800	$255,000
Median gross rent	$1,650	$1,041
Housing units	5,914	5,792
Homeownership rate	91.9%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longmeadow	Palmer Town
Population	15,791 → 15,724 (-0.4%)	12,237 → 12,372 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$122,035 → $144,639 (+18.5%)	$64,651 → $78,789 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$343,700 → $425,800 (+23.9%)	$197,000 → $255,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,650 (+22.0%)	$962 → $1,041 (+8.2%)

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

Palmer Town

Population

12,23712,372

Median household income

$64,651$78,789

Median home value

$197,000$255,000

Median gross rent

$962$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longmeadow	Palmer Town
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	9.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	23.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.8%
75 and over	10.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longmeadow	Palmer Town
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	84.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longmeadow	Palmer Town
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.6%
High school graduate	8.5%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	32.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longmeadow	Palmer Town
Drove alone	72.5%	83.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longmeadow	Palmer Town
1-unit, detached	89.7%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	8.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Longmeadow	Palmer Town
Poverty rate	3.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1957	1965