Palmer Town vs West Springfield Town

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

Palmer Town 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 12,372 in Palmer Town). Palmer Town has the higher median household income ($78,789 vs $70,401 in West Springfield Town). West Springfield Town has the higher median home value ($307,900 vs $255,000 in Palmer Town).

Population, income & housing

	Palmer Town	West Springfield Town
Population	12,372	28,635
Median age	50.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,789	$70,401
Median home value	$255,000	$307,900
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,121
Housing units	5,792	13,095
Homeownership rate	70.0%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmer Town	West Springfield Town
Population	12,237 → 12,372 (+1.1%)	28,609 → 28,635 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$64,651 → $78,789 (+21.9%)	$53,053 → $70,401 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$197,000 → $255,000 (+29.4%)	$225,100 → $307,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,041 (+8.2%)	$878 → $1,121 (+27.7%)

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

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)

	Palmer Town	West Springfield Town
Under 5	4.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	23.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.5%
75 and over	9.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmer Town	West Springfield Town
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	71.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmer Town	West Springfield Town
No high school diploma	11.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmer Town	West Springfield Town
Drove alone	83.0%	83.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmer Town	West Springfield Town
1-unit, detached	62.1%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	12.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Palmer Town	West Springfield Town
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1965	1961