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West Springfield Town, Massachusetts.

A city in Hampden County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Hampden County’s.

Living in West Springfield Town, Hampden County, Massachusetts

West Springfield Town is a city of 28,835 people in Hampden County. Half its households earn more than $69,371 a year and half less, against $71,306 across Hampden County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 58% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 42% are rented. Unemployment in West Springfield Town was 4.6% in August 2026, and Hampden County had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 28,835 in the 2020 census; median age 40.1
Household income $69,371 the median, give or take $7,051 · Hampden County: $71,306
Unemployment 4.6% West Springfield Town, August 2026; 5.0% a year before
Homes 58% lived in by their owners; 42% rented
  • 12,732households
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 12%below the poverty line
  • 19 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care31%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hampden County had 201,216 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 35° and 16°; warmest in July, 85° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 35° 16° F M A M J J 85° 61° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 35° and 16°; warmest in July, 85° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 35° 16° F M A M J J 85° 61° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 61°. About 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Westfield Barnes Municipal Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in West Springfield Town

  1. West Springfield SchoolsSchool district648FTE
  2. UPSCouriers and express delivery services380
  3. Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer324
  4. BHH - Baystate Home HealthHome health care agencies220
  5. Fountain Plating CompanyPlating metals and metal products for the trade156
  6. Atlas Copco CompressorsCommercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services138
  7. Agri-MarkAcidophilus milk manufacturing124
  8. Universal Electric CoElectrical work124

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 32 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,891 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  2. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in West Springfield Town’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hampden County.