Palmer Town vs Wilbraham

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

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

Palmer Town has the higher population (12,372 vs 4,247 in Wilbraham). Wilbraham has the higher median household income ($88,409 vs $78,789 in Palmer Town). Wilbraham has the higher median home value ($361,600 vs $255,000 in Palmer Town).

Population, income & housing

	Palmer Town	Wilbraham
Population	12,372	4,247
Median age	50.5 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,789	$88,409
Median home value	$255,000	$361,600
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,148
Housing units	5,792	1,608
Homeownership rate	70.0%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmer Town	Wilbraham
Population	12,237 → 12,372 (+1.1%)	3,466 → 4,247 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$64,651 → $78,789 (+21.9%)	$111,100 → $88,409 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$197,000 → $255,000 (+29.4%)	$320,100 → $361,600 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,041 (+8.2%)	$777 → $1,148 (+47.7%)

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

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)

	Palmer Town	Wilbraham
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	23.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	20.3%
75 and over	9.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmer Town	Wilbraham
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmer Town	Wilbraham
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	35.7%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmer Town	Wilbraham
Drove alone	83.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmer Town	Wilbraham
1-unit, detached	62.1%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palmer Town	Wilbraham
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1965	1959