County · Massachusetts

Hampden County, Massachusetts

Hampden County, Massachusetts has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,605 of 3,143 US counties. Within Massachusetts it ranks #14 of 14 counties. It ranks best on uninsured residents (under 65) (low), mental health providers (high) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), child care cost burden (high) and violent crime rate (high).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,605 of 3,143 counties
Massachusetts: #14 of 14 in MA
Population: 464,338 (2025)
Land area: 617 mi²
Density: 752.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 25013

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map Federal contracts here

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety43#1,780/3,096
Economy34#2,079/3,143
Housing1#3,110/3,140
Health51#1,536/3,144
Healthcare92#257/3,143
Environment38#1,927/3,108
Education59#1,292/3,144
Infrastructure82#556/3,144
Community46#1,703/3,144
Leisure & amenities52#1,508/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hampden County, Massachusetts ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Uninsured residents (under 65) · low3.8%
100/100Massachusetts 3.3%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Mental health providers · high1,193 /100k
99/100Massachusetts 787 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · low6.5 /100k
98/100Massachusetts 3.5 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Suicide rate · low10.4 /100k
98/100Massachusetts 8.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
97/100Massachusetts 11 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Access to exercise opportunities · high95.7%
95/100Massachusetts 94.7%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high248 min
2/100Massachusetts 216 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Child care cost burden · high45.1%
2/100Massachusetts 39.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Violent crime rate · high578 /100k
5/100Massachusetts 303 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rent-burdened households · high54.0%
8/100Massachusetts 51.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
High ozone days · high3 days
8/100Massachusetts 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Effective property tax rate · high1.41%
9/100Massachusetts 1.00%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 16% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+16 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
28.1% (Dec 2021) → 39.5% (Aug 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.9% (2015-2019) → 89.0% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
48.4 /100k (2021) → 27.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−43%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
6.0 /100k (2021) → 3.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New homes permittedImproving
0.6 /1k (2021) → 0.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+33%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hampden County, Massachusetts improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Unemployment−5.5 points11.0% → 5.5%
Overdose deaths−44%49.5 /100k → 27.6 /100k
Homicides−42%6.0 /100k → 3.5 /100k
Students / teacher−0.8×12.3× → 11.5×
Broadband+10 points78.9% → 89.0%

Declined4

Poverty+2.2 points13.8% → 16.0%
Transit use−0.4 points2.0% → 1.6%
Traffic deaths+30%7.8 /100k → 10.2 /100k
Price / income+0.4×3.7× → 4.2×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Hampden County, Massachusetts between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.8 /10k2020	3.1 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	60%
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	22.7 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Average weekly wage	$1,0612020	$1,2442025	+17%	Improved	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	40%
Broadband subscriptions	78.9%2015-2019	89.0%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	51%
Child poverty rate	20.2%2019	22.3%2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Distance to an airport	15 mi2020	15 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	49.5 /100k2020	27.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−44%	Improved	70%
Effective property tax rate	1.66%2015-2019	1.41%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	83%
Firearm deaths	8.8 /100k2020	6.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−26%	Within the margin of error	85%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+5.2%	Within the margin of error	72%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+7.8%	Within the margin of error	63%
High school diploma or higher	85.8%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	44%
Homicide rate	6.0 /100k2020	3.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−42%	Improved	66%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,0552019	$68,9542024	+28%	Improved	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4732015-2019	0.4702020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$59,9182019	$71,2872024	+19%	Improved	21%
New business applications	6.8 /1k2020	8.6 /1k2025	+27%	Improved	29%
Pharmacies	2.4 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	36%
Poverty rate	13.8%2019	16.0%2024	+2.2 points	Declined	6%
Property crime rate	1,919 /100k2020	1,754 /100k2025	−8.6%	Improved	16%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	60%
Public transit commuters	2.0%2015-2019	1.6%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Declined	35%
Rent as share of income	32.2%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent-burdened households	54.8%2015-2019	54.0%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Restaurants and bars	7.1 /10k2020	6.9 /10k2025	−3.5%	Within the margin of error	39%
Students per teacher	12.3×2019	11.5×2024	−0.8×	Improved	56%
Suicide rate	9.0 /100k2020	10.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Within the margin of error	27%
Traffic deaths	7.8 /100k2015-2019	10.2 /100k2020-2024	+30%	Declined	25%
Unemployment rate	11.0%2020	5.5%2025	−5.5 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.3%2019	3.8%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Violent crime rate	584 /100k2020	578 /100k2025	−1%	Within the margin of error	33%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Hampden County, Massachusetts five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hampden County, Massachusetts in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hampden County, Massachusetts itself moved −1.1 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

462,815 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

184,471 households (±919)

Hampden County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts share

Under $25k20%36,262
$25k–50k17%32,054
$50k–75k15%27,905

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

184,471 households (±919)

Hampden County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts share

Own62%114,780
Rent38%69,691

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.1 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

209,421 workers (±2,641)

Hampden County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts share

Drive alone76%159,156
Carpool7.9%16,486
Public transit1.6%3,261

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Springfield, MA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Hampden County has 9,339 employer establishments, 202 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Massachusetts's), with 168,744 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,005. The Census Bureau also counts 32,688 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,339; 32,688 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 202; US 248 · Massachusetts 260
Paid employees: 168,744
Average annual pay: $57,005; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hampden County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	739	16	0.87×About typical	12,422	$24,315	181
Ambulatory health care services	695	15	0.72×Fewer than typical	15,903	$73,997	1,343
Specialty trade contractors	616	13.3	0.86×About typical	5,843	$82,291	1,999
Lessors of real estate	369	8	0.65×Fewer than typical	1,899	$52,648	3,227
Full-service restaurants	335	7.2	0.94×About typical	6,136	$24,867	69
Services to buildings and dwellings	330	7.1	1.06×About typical	1,874	$45,951	1,518
Limited-service restaurants	286	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	4,510	$22,954	77
Building equipment contractors	265	5.7	0.95×About typical	3,519	$84,973	421
Construction of buildings	263	5.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	1,530	$75,073	986
Automotive repair and maintenance	239	5.2	1.03×About typical	1,317	$49,670	360
Grocery and convenience stores	229	5	1.67×More than typical	4,419	$28,282	125
Landscaping services	217	4.7	1.34×More than typical	686	$76,433	460

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 462,133 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $56.9M on contracts performed in Hampden County, Massachusetts: $122 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $56.9M; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $122; US $1,994
Sole-source: 11%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$18.6M33%
Department of the Army$18.5M32%
Department of the Air Force$9.8M17%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$3.3M5.9%
Department of the Navy$1.6M2.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.5M2.6%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$1.3M2.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$872.6K1.5%

Top recipients

EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC$18.6M33%
THE NUTMEG COMPANIES, INC.$15.2M27%
EAST BAKING COMPANY, INC.$3.3M5.9%
WESTERN METAL SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.$2.2M3.8%
SUNSHINE VILLAGE INC$1.6M2.8%

Spending by fiscal year

81.6MFY2017
85.5MFY2018
91.8MFY2019
96MFY2020
113MFY2021
46.9MFY2022
93.6MFY2023
51.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Technical and trade schools · 6115$18.6M33%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$16M28%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$2.2M3.8%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$2.1M3.6%
Traveler accommodation · 7211$2M3.6%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$1.8M

Largest awards

BASE OPERATING SERVICES$76.6M
PHOENIX MANAGEMENT INC· Hampden County, MA· Professional services· Mar 1, 2019 – Jan 8, 2026· FA660619CA003
WESTOVER JOB CORPS CENTER WITH OUTREACH AND ADMISSIONS AND CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES.$68.3M
EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC· Hampden County, MA· Education & social services· Oct 20, 2022 – Aug 21, 2026· 1605JE23C0001
WESTOVER JCC$64M
ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVES INC· Hampden County, MA· Facilities & utilities· Aug 3, 2018 – Apr 28, 2026· 1630J118C0008
AWARD OF BASE AND OPTIONS 1A EAST SHOP SHELL, OPTION 2A WEST SHOP SHELL, AND OPTION 5 INSULATED METAL PANELS FOR REGIONAL C-5 ISOCHRONAL HANGAR AT WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 730 DAYS FROM NTP.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hampden County, Massachusetts: $6,806 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.2B; −5.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,806; US $12,955
Loan face value: $71.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.7B53%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$334.6M11%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$237.5M7.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$188M5.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$159.1M5.0%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$93.2M2.9%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$77.7M2.5%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$62.3M2.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

SPRINGFIELD HOUSING AUTHORITY$58.8M1.9%
SPRINGFIELD, MA
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$35.5M1.1%
BOSTON, MA
HOLYOKE HOUSING AUTHORITY$28.8M0.9%
HOLYOKE, MA
SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE$18.2M0.6%
SPRINGFIELD, MA
HOLYOKE.CHICOPEE.SPRINGFIELD HEAD START, INC.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.4B76%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$216.1M6.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$175.7M5.6%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$102.3M3.2%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner

Assistance by fiscal year

2.8BFY2021
2.6BFY2022
2.9BFY2023
3.1BFY2024
3.4BFY2025
3.2BFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Hampden County, Massachusetts compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Hampden County, Massachusetts
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hampden County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2017	$175	$1,436
FY2018	$183	$1,552
FY2019	$197	$1,654
FY2020	$207	$1,880
FY2021	$244	$1,810
FY2022	$102	$1,917
FY2023	$203	$2,079
FY2024	$112	$2,047
FY2025	$144	$2,165
FY2026	$122 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hampden County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2017	$43.79	$93.28
FY2018	$52.46	$105
FY2019	$50.22	$128
FY2020	$74.61	$145
FY2021	$120	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hampden County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$825	$5,748
FY2022	$302	$5,221
FY2023	$624	$5,364
FY2024	$680	$5,501
FY2025	$706	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hampden County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$40.54	$298
FY2022	-$10.95	$357
FY2023	$171	$301
FY2024	$269	$319
FY2025	$133	$360
FY2026	$80.54

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hampden County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$358	$239
FY2022	$351	$185
FY2023	$405	$229
FY2024	$419	$229
FY2025	$433	$249
FY2026	$382

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hampden County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$143	$2,304
FY2022	$71.82	$2,197
FY2023	$80.33	$2,274
FY2024	$89.45	$2,267
FY2025	$85.17	$2,397
FY2026	$80.78

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hampden County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$916	$1,186
FY2022	$262	$465
FY2023	$20.20	$76.52
FY2024	$64.24	$120
FY2025	$68.73	$148
FY2026	$43.65

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Hampden County, Massachusetts
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Hampden County, Massachusetts and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	1.0%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/25013

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hampden County, Massachusetts is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Richard E. NealD-MA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 7.0%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Hampden County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Springfield, MA44Central county

Cities and towns in Hampden County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hampden County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−2.7%	−4.2%
2015	−0.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+3.3%
2018	+3.3%	+6.8%
2019	+5.6%	+10.5%
2020	+15.2%	+19.4%
2021	+16.5%	+26.1%
2022	+20.2%	+30.6%
2023	+26.0%	+35.0%
2024	+31.2%	+41.0%
2025	+35.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−7.5%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.3%	+4.1%
2018	+6.7%	+8.9%
2019	+11.1%	+13.5%
2020	+21.2%	+20.8%
2021	+28.8%	+32.1%
2022	+27.9%	+35.4%
2023	+34.5%	+42.9%
2024	+39.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	0.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.7/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−4.9%	−6.9%
2015	−0.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.5%	+4.7%
2018	+2.1%	+7.5%
2019	+16.1%	+14.0%
2020	+19.4%	+16.9%
2021	+19.8%	+21.0%
2022	+24.1%	+29.7%
2023	+30.2%	+34.9%
2024	+38.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	17.7%	15.5%
2015	17.1%	14.7%
2016	16.5%	14.0%
2017	17.1%	13.4%
2018	16.7%	13.1%
2019	13.8%	12.3%
2020	14.3%	11.9%
2021	17.0%	12.8%
2022	16.9%	12.6%
2023	17.6%	12.5%
2024	16.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	7.6%	6.2%
2015	6.4%	5.3%
2016	5.5%	4.9%
2017	5.3%	4.4%
2018	4.9%	3.9%
2019	4.3%	3.7%
2020	11.0%	8.1%
2021	6.9%	5.4%
2022	4.8%	3.7%
2023	4.4%	3.6%
2024	5.0%	4.0%
2025	5.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−7.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+25.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+38.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+51.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+61.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+71.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+75.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2015	−4.4% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.3% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.2% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.6% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.3% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+30.7% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+47.2% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+57.7% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+66.8% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+74.6% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	4.2%	13.5%
2015	4.0%	10.9%
2016	3.6%	10.0%
2017	3.6%	10.2%
2018	3.8%	10.4%
2019	4.3%	10.8%
2020	3.9%	10.4%
2021	3.7%	10.2%
2022	3.3%	9.5%
2023	3.8%	9.5%
2024	3.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hampden County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	4.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.6/1k	16.6/1k

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