Springfield vs West Springfield Town

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

Springfield 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.

Springfield has the higher population (154,751 vs 28,635 in West Springfield Town). West Springfield Town has the higher median household income ($70,401 vs $51,339 in Springfield). West Springfield Town has the higher median home value ($307,900 vs $222,700 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Springfield	West Springfield Town
Population	154,751	28,635
Median age	33.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,339	$70,401
Median home value	$222,700	$307,900
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,121
Housing units	62,713	13,095
Homeownership rate	49.5%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springfield	West Springfield Town
Population	154,139 → 154,751 (+0.4%)	28,609 → 28,635 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$39,432 → $51,339 (+30.2%)	$53,053 → $70,401 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$156,200 → $222,700 (+42.6%)	$225,100 → $307,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,114 (+27.0%)	$878 → $1,121 (+27.7%)

Springfield

Population

154,139154,751

Median household income

$39,432$51,339

Median home value

$156,200$222,700

Median gross rent

$877$1,114

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)

	Springfield	West Springfield Town
Under 5	6.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springfield	West Springfield Town
White (non-Hispanic)	29.3%	71.8%
Black or African American	17.7%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.7%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	47.4%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springfield	West Springfield Town
No high school diploma	20.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	33.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springfield	West Springfield Town
Drove alone	73.0%	83.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.5%
Public transit	3.8%	0.2%
Walked	2.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	9.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springfield	West Springfield Town
1-unit, detached	44.9%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	28.2%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	12.7%
20 or more units	11.5%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Springfield	West Springfield Town
Poverty rate	25.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1951	1961