What is the population of Westfield city?

Westfield city has 40,673 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 248 in Massachusetts.

What is the median household income in Westfield city?

Median household income in Westfield city is $82,847 a year, 5.5% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Westfield city?

Median gross rent is $1,064 a month and the median home value is $295,500, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.

Is Westfield city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Westfield city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Westfield, MA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Westfield, Massachusetts (Westfield, MA — Census place “Westfield city”) is 40,673 residents, ranking #37 of 248 places in Massachusetts. Median household income is $82,847, the median home is worth $295,500 and median gross rent runs $1,064 a month. Looking for the Westfield Massachusetts ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Westfield, MA: 01085.

Population: 40,673Westfield city residents
Median household income: $82,847Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $295,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,064Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68%Owner-occupied households

Westfield ZIP codes (Massachusetts)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Westfield.

The Westfield MA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

01085

What the numbers mean in Westfield city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Westfield city median would spend about 15.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11% of residents and 68% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Westfield city, MA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Westfield city is a small city in Massachusetts, with 40,673 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #37 of 248 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 39 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Westfield city earn a median of $82,847 a year, 5.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $99,537 median for the 222 Massachusetts cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Westfield city is valued at $295,500, 2.6% below the national figure and 41% below the $497,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,064 a month, 24.3% below the national figure, or roughly $12,768 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 68% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Westfield city?: Westfield city has 40,673 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #37 of 248 in Massachusetts.
What is the median household income in Westfield city?: Median household income in Westfield city is $82,847 a year, 5.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Westfield city?: Median gross rent is $1,064 a month and the median home value is $295,500, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.
Is Westfield city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Westfield city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Westfield city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.