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A city of 40,378 people in Massachusetts
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About Westfield

City in the United States
1660Established
40,834Population
47.3 sq miArea
148 ftElevation

Westfield is a city in Hampden County, in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, United States. Westfield was first settled by Europeans in 1660. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 40,834 at the 2020 census.

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ZIP code01085, 01086
Area code413
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Housing in Westfield

$389K▲ 3.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Westfield home is worth about $389,000, up 3.9% in a year, 41% below the Massachusetts typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market22
Sale-to-list104.9%
Sold in May22
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B

Safety Grade B

Westfield reports less crime per resident than 59% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Westfield sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000
Westfield 2.1
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Westfield 7.3
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C+

The public schools Westfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 63% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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