Chicopee

Population & Demographics

Chicopee, MA

Chicopee is home to 55,295 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 26,166 resident workers commute each day.

MassachusettsCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
55,295
people
Population

55,295 residents

Median age 41.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Chicopee population & demographics

Who lives in Chicopee — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
55,295
Median age
41.9yrs
Median household income
$62,615
Median home value
$274,500
Median gross rent
$1,157/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22.9%
Poverty rate
17.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Chicopee

How Chicopee breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White63.6%
Hispanic or Latino27.1%
Black4.4%
Two or more races2.9%
Asian1.8%
Some other race0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Chicopee

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Chicopee.

Chicopee at a glance
Employed Residents
26,166
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
4.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Springfield
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Chicopee proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Chicopee commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

69 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Chicopee

26,166 commutes, one dot at a time

Chicopee

Where 26,166 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Chicopee, by worker count.

1Springfield4.4 mi5,241
2Chicopee0.0 mi4,345
3Holyoke3.0 mi2,243
4West Springfield Town4.7 mi1,343
5Westfield8.9 mi953
6Northampton11.3 mi859
7Amherst Town14.6 mi678
8Boston77.4 mi676

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Chicopee.

1Chicopee0.0 mi4,345
2Springfield4.4 mi3,849
3Holyoke3.0 mi1,105
4Westfield8.9 mi731
5West Springfield Town4.7 mi681
6Agawam Town7.5 mi552
7Palmer Town13.0 mi261
8Easthampton7.8 mi231

Top industries

The sectors that employ Chicopee’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing15.5%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.3%
RTRetail Trade13.0%
EDEducational Services9.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.5%
WSWholesale Trade7.6%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.9%
COConstruction6.8%
PAPublic Administration2.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Chicopee

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps62%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Chicopee

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).