Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of West Springfield
West Springfield holds 28,835 people, and the mix is broader than the town’s size suggests. Nearly one resident in five was born outside the United States, and more than a quarter of residents speak a language other than English at home. About one in six residents is 65 or older, and just under one in five is a child. 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): 28,835
- Under 5: 5.1%
- Households: 12,598
- Persons per household: 2.3
- Foreign-born: 18.1% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 16.4%
- Under 18: 18.8%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 27.4%
Race & Ethnicity
- White (non-Hispanic): 71.8%
- Asian: 6.5%
- Black or African American: 4.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 13.1%
- Two or more races: 6.9%
- Veterans: 5.9%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $70,401
- Poverty rate: 10.4%
- Median home value: $307,900
- Median gross rent: $1,121
- Homeownership: 58.5% of units
- In the labor force: 66.3%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by community through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, West Springfield’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all. That matters in a town where the biggest decisions, like the sixteen charter questions of 2025, are settled at the ballot box rather than in a party primary.
- Total registered: 20,194
- Unenrolled (no party): 13,570 (67.20%)
- Democrats: 4,024 (19.93%)
- Republicans: 2,392 (11.85%)
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five-year estimates and the 2020 Census.
- MA Secretary of the Commonwealth, Voter Registration
- MA DESE, West Springfield Public Schools
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