West Springfield Town vs Westfield

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

West Springfield Town 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 28,635 in West Springfield Town). Westfield has the higher median household income ($82,847 vs $70,401 in West Springfield Town). West Springfield Town has the higher median home value ($307,900 vs $295,500 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	West Springfield Town	Westfield
Population	28,635	40,673
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,401	$82,847
Median home value	$307,900	$295,500
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,064
Housing units	13,095	16,704
Homeownership rate	58.5%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Springfield Town	Westfield
Population	28,609 → 28,635 (+0.1%)	41,449 → 40,673 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$53,053 → $70,401 (+32.7%)	$67,862 → $82,847 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$225,100 → $307,900 (+36.8%)	$234,400 → $295,500 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$878 → $1,121 (+27.7%)	$969 → $1,064 (+9.8%)

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

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)

	West Springfield Town	Westfield
Under 5	5.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.6%
75 and over	5.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Springfield Town	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	82.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	West Springfield Town	Westfield
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Springfield Town	Westfield
Drove alone	83.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.2%	2.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Springfield Town	Westfield
1-unit, detached	52.0%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	8.8%
20 or more units	12.5%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	West Springfield Town	Westfield
Poverty rate	10.4%	11.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1961	1965