Longmeadow vs West Springfield Town

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

Longmeadow 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.

West Springfield Town has the higher population (28,635 vs 15,724 in Longmeadow). Longmeadow has the higher median household income ($144,639 vs $70,401 in West Springfield Town). Longmeadow has the higher median home value ($425,800 vs $307,900 in West Springfield Town).

Population, income & housing

	Longmeadow	West Springfield Town
Population	15,724	28,635
Median age	44.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$144,639	$70,401
Median home value	$425,800	$307,900
Median gross rent	$1,650	$1,121
Housing units	5,914	13,095
Homeownership rate	91.9%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longmeadow	West Springfield Town
Population	15,791 → 15,724 (-0.4%)	28,609 → 28,635 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$122,035 → $144,639 (+18.5%)	$53,053 → $70,401 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$343,700 → $425,800 (+23.9%)	$225,100 → $307,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,650 (+22.0%)	$878 → $1,121 (+27.7%)

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

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)

	Longmeadow	West Springfield Town
Under 5	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.5%
75 and over	10.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longmeadow	West Springfield Town
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	71.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.2%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longmeadow	West Springfield Town
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	8.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	32.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longmeadow	West Springfield Town
Drove alone	72.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longmeadow	West Springfield Town
1-unit, detached	89.7%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	12.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Longmeadow	West Springfield Town
Poverty rate	3.9%	10.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1957	1961