Longmeadow vs Westfield

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

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

Westfield has the higher population (40,673 vs 15,724 in Longmeadow). Longmeadow has the higher median household income ($144,639 vs $82,847 in Westfield). Longmeadow has the higher median home value ($425,800 vs $295,500 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Longmeadow	Westfield
Population	15,724	40,673
Median age	44.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$144,639	$82,847
Median home value	$425,800	$295,500
Median gross rent	$1,650	$1,064
Housing units	5,914	16,704
Homeownership rate	91.9%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longmeadow	Westfield
Population	15,791 → 15,724 (-0.4%)	41,449 → 40,673 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$122,035 → $144,639 (+18.5%)	$67,862 → $82,847 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$343,700 → $425,800 (+23.9%)	$234,400 → $295,500 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,650 (+22.0%)	$969 → $1,064 (+9.8%)

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

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)

	Longmeadow	Westfield
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.5%
25 to 34	7.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.6%
75 and over	10.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longmeadow	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longmeadow	Westfield
No high school diploma	3.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	8.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	32.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longmeadow	Westfield
Drove alone	72.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longmeadow	Westfield
1-unit, detached	89.7%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	8.8%
20 or more units	4.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Longmeadow	Westfield
Poverty rate	3.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1957	1965