Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Agawam
Agawam counted 28,692 residents in the 2020 Census, spread across the main town and the village of Feeding Hills. The numbers sketch a settled community: nearly three quarters of its homes are owner occupied, the typical household holds 2.4 people, and more than one resident in five is 65 or older. About one in eight speaks a language other than English at home. The figures below come from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 28,692
- Population estimate (latest): 28,510
- Households: 11,792
- Persons per household: 2.4
- Foreign-born: 8.6% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 21.7%
- Under 18: 17.3%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 12.7%
Race & Ethnicity
- White (non-Hispanic): 86.4%
- Asian: 2.3%
- Black or African American: 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 6.3%
- Two or more races: 4.1%
- Veterans: 5.8%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $82,359
- Poverty rate: 6.9%
- Median home value: $290,000
- Median gross rent: $1,234
- Homeownership: 73.7% of units
- In the labor force: 64.6%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by community through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Agawam’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all: two of every three registered voters are unenrolled. And because all eleven Council seats are filled citywide, every registered voter, whatever their enrollment, gets a say in every seat on the ballot.
- Total registered: 22,971
- Unenrolled (no party): 15,291 (66.57%)
- Democrats: 4,169 (18.15%)
- Republicans: 3,190 (13.89%)
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five-year estimates and the 2020 Census.
- MA Secretary of the Commonwealth, Voter Registration
- MA DESE, Agawam Public Schools
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