Longmeadow vs Wilbraham

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

Longmeadow and Wilbraham 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 4,247 in Wilbraham). Longmeadow has the higher median household income ($144,639 vs $88,409 in Wilbraham). Longmeadow has the higher median home value ($425,800 vs $361,600 in Wilbraham).

Population, income & housing

	Longmeadow	Wilbraham
Population	15,724	4,247
Median age	44.8 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$144,639	$88,409
Median home value	$425,800	$361,600
Median gross rent	$1,650	$1,148
Housing units	5,914	1,608
Homeownership rate	91.9%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longmeadow	Wilbraham
Population	15,791 → 15,724 (-0.4%)	3,466 → 4,247 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$122,035 → $144,639 (+18.5%)	$111,100 → $88,409 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$343,700 → $425,800 (+23.9%)	$320,100 → $361,600 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,353 → $1,650 (+22.0%)	$777 → $1,148 (+47.7%)

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

Wilbraham

Population

3,4664,247

Median household income

$111,100$88,409

Median home value

$320,100$361,600

Median gross rent

$777$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longmeadow	Wilbraham
Under 5	5.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	20.3%
75 and over	10.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longmeadow	Wilbraham
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	85.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longmeadow	Wilbraham
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	8.5%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.7%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longmeadow	Wilbraham
Drove alone	72.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longmeadow	Wilbraham
1-unit, detached	89.7%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Longmeadow	Wilbraham
Poverty rate	3.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1957	1959