Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWest Springfield TownMassachusettsUnited States
Irish16.2%18.6%9.4%
Italian10.6%11.1%4.8%
French9.6%4.7%1.6%
Polish9.5%3.4%2.2%
American9.0%3.3%5.3%
English7.9%9.7%9.5%
French Canadian5.1%——
German5.0%5.4%12.5%
Puerto Rican11.1%4.6%1.8%
Dominican0.9%2.7%0.7%
Mexican0.4%0.8%11.3%
Guatemalan0.3%0.8%0.5%
Asian Indian1.5%1.9%1.4%
Nepalese1.2%——
Chinese0.9%2.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.9%0.8%0.6%
Pakistani0.6%——
African American†2.9%2.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.5%0.5%0.4%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
West Springfield Town
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
40.1
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.6%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
West Springfield Town
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$69,371
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.9%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.0%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
West Springfield Town
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
28.7%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
9.2%
9.7%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
4.7%
1.0%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
6.7%
6.1%
2.0%
Arabic
2.7%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
West Springfield Town
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
West Springfield Town, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+10.6%
2008
+13.3%
2012
+8.7%
2016
+1.4%
2020
+8.0%
2024
+0.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
48.4%Harris6,243
48.0%Trump6,194
3.6%
D+0.4
R+7.7
D+1.9
12,895
D
53.0%Biden7,164
44.9%Trump6,075
2.1%
D+8.0
D+6.6
D+3.6
13,528
D
46.7%Clinton5,717
45.3%Trump5,544
8.0%
D+1.4
R+7.3
R+0.7
12,234
D
53.5%Obama6,185
44.8%Romney5,180
1.7%
D+8.7
R+4.6
D+4.8
11,560
D
55.4%Obama6,751
42.1%McCain5,128
2.4%
D+13.3
D+2.7
D+6.1
12,176
D
55.0%Kerry6,310
44.4%Bush5,094
0.7%
D+10.6
—
D+13.0
11,481
West Springfield sits across the river from the state capital but trends more competitive than its neighbors, reflecting a working-class demographic that has historically kept margins closer than the surrounding Pioneer Valley.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 13.3 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.4 points.
A population of 28,772, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,371 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Westfield and Chicopee.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
How did West Springfield Town, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, West Springfield Town, Massachusetts voted a near-tie (D+0.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,895 votes cast, 6,243 went Democratic and 6,194 went Republican.
How many people live in West Springfield Town, Massachusetts?
West Springfield Town, Massachusetts has a population of 28,772 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in West Springfield Town, Massachusetts?
Median household income in West Springfield Town, Massachusetts is $69,371 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of West Springfield Town, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in West Springfield Town, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
