Demographics of Chicopee city, Massachusetts

Chicopee city, Massachusetts had 55,310 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −146 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Chicopee city, in four figures

55,310
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 55,295 ±43.; −0.3%
Change since July 2020: −146 people.; 41.9 ±1.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $62,615 ±$6,340
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Chicopee city, Massachusetts's population shrank 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Chicopee city, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Chicopee city, Massachusetts's population shrank 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Chicopee city, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	55,456	100.0	100.0
2021	55,247	99.6	100.2
2022	55,042	99.3	100.7
2023	55,339	99.8	101.6
2024	55,291	99.7	102.5
2025	55,310	99.7	103.1

Population of Chicopee city, Massachusetts on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	55,456	—
2021	55,247	−209
2022	55,042	−205
2023	55,339	+297
2024	55,291	−48
2025	55,310	+19

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.9 ±1.4: for men 41.8 ±1.9 and for women 42.1 ±2.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Chicopee city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under 5	2,768 ±500	5.0% ±0.9	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	7,864 ±809	14.2% ±1.5	14.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,795 ±708	8.7% ±1.3	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	14,112 ±1,094	25.5% ±2.0	27.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	14,986 ±1,003	27.1% ±1.8	25.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	10,770 ±797	19.5% ±1.4	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $62,615 ±$6,340, and income per person $35,887 ±$1,623, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,960 ±$527 in Massachusetts and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Chicopee city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under $25,000	5,699 ±691	23.3% ±2.7	13.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	4,501 ±592	18.4% ±2.4	12.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,732 ±521	15.3% ±2.1	12.0% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,570 ±552	14.6% ±2.2	10.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	4,138 ±565	16.9% ±2.3	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,510 ±322	6.2% ±1.3	11.9% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,274 ±268	5.2% ±1.1	22.3% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Chicopee city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Massachusetts	United States
All ages	9,444 ±1,209	17.3% ±2.2	10.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,505 ±564	24.2% ±4.9	11.7% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	4,179 ±727	14.2% ±2.4	9.3% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,760 ±585	18.6% ±3.7	10.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Chicopee city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Chicopee city	Massachusetts	United States
Housing units	25,744 ±793	3,030,406 ±453	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.9% ±4.1	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.1% ±1.8	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	55.7% ±2.0	62.5% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	44.3% ±2.9	37.5% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$274,500 ±$7,830	$562,100 ±$2,169	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,157 ±$50	$1,762 ±$9	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1958 ±2	1964 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Chicopee city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Hispanic or Latino	14,963 ±1,072	27.1% ±1.9	13.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	35,186 ±1,420	63.6% ±2.6	66.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,449 ±802	4.4% ±1.5	6.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	992 ±455	1.8% ±0.8	7.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 32	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	7 to 187	< 0.1% to 0.3%	1.2% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,599 ±422	2.9% ±0.8	5.1% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Chicopee city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Born in the state	37,636 ±1,239	68.1% ±2.2	58.7% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,350 ±889	15.1% ±1.6	20.3% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	4,073 ±844	7.4% ±1.5	2.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	5,236 ±760	9.5% ±1.4	18.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	3,106 ±763	5.6% ±1.4	9.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2,130 ±698	3.9% ±1.3	8.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Chicopee city among the places and towns of Massachusetts

24th of 291 places and towns of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Massachusetts page.

Places of Massachusetts near Chicopee city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Brookline CDP	63,266 ±43
Taunton city	60,433 ±50
Revere city	60,012 ±53
Medford city	59,354 ±38
Weymouth Town city	58,505 ±33
Chicopee city	55,295 ±43
Peabody city	54,695 ±38
Methuen city	53,475 ±40
Everett city	50,045 ±33
Barnstable Town city	49,568 ±34
Attleboro city	46,762 ±55

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Chicopee city, Massachusetts

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026