Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Agawam Town's standout: it has 49 miles of trail. Overall it grades C, ranked 243rd of 282 in Massachusetts. The median household earns $85K. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $368K for a typical one and 5.2 times the Springfield metro’s $71K median household income. Agawam Town’s trail density is 2.0 miles per square mile, near the Massachusetts town median (1.8) and above the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Its National Register listings include Capt. Charles Leonard House and Purchase-Ferre House. Among 283 Massachusetts towns, just 1 have a higher July high than Agawam Town.
Where Agawam Town beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,698 in 1860, 28,692 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1647 and 7 maps from 1886 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Agawam Town is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Agawam Town. Close and well known come first.
5 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
in town Theme parkSix Flags New England
20 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
27 mi LakeQuabbin Reservoir
21 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
32 mi Theme parkLake CompounceSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Agawam Town, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Agawam Town.
Agawam Town has hotter summers than almost anywhere else in Massachusetts and is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Massachusetts (mostly inland flooding).
Robinson State Park, at 873 acres with 23.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Robinson State Park | 23.9 mi | 873 |
| 2. Still Brook Park | 0.9 mi | 279 |
| 3. Springfield Water Department Land | 0.7 mi | 106 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Agawam school district. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agawam Junior HighLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 527 | C |
| Agawam HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,025 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
Typical home values rose 4.8% in the year to September 2026. Agawam Town’s median rent is $1,256 a month, where Massachusetts’ towns sit at $1,683 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
| Agawam Town | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,256 a month | $1,683 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 79% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Within Massachusetts it is less healthy than 82% of the 279 graded towns: Massachusetts sets a high bar.
Agawam Town beats the Massachusetts average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 27% of Agawam Town adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Agawam Town | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Agawam Town | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons average 85.2°, the highest of 541 Massachusetts places with climate records; January nights average 17.4°.
Agawam Town has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. About 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 13,170 working residents takes 22.4 minutes, against 29.1 across Massachusetts.
Most working residents leave Agawam Town for work: only 16% work in town. Agawam Town’s average trip to work is 22 minutes. The top destinations are Springfield (20%), West Springfield Town (7%) and Westfield (5%).
| Agawam Town | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 11% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 22.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 82% of Massachusetts’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 482 to 342 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Agawam Town is 3.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Agawam Town | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.8 per 1,000 residents | 4.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Massachusetts towns, with expected losses of about $273 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Agawam Town.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
10 within 15 miles of the center of Agawam Town
About 6 of every 100 Agawam Town residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
6 places in Agawam Town on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Agawam Town.
City in Massachusetts, United States
Agawam is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 28,692 at the 2020 census. Agawam sits on the western side of the Connecticut River, directly across from Springfield. It is considered part of the Springfield Metropolitan Area, which is contiguous with the Knowledge Corridor area, the second-largest metropolitan area in New England. Agawam contains a subsection, Feeding Hills. The Six Flags New England (formerly known as Riverside Park, one of the largest such parks in the United States) amusement park is located in Agawam, on the banks of the Connecticut River. Agawam's ZIP code, 01001, is the lowest standard ZIP code in the contiguous United States.
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6 towns share a border with Agawam Town.
Longmeadow next door grades higher for schools (A− to Agawam Town’s C) and lower for cost of living (D− to C−).
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agawam Town | #243 | C | C− | C+ | C | B+ |
| West Springfield Town | #269 | D | D | D | C | C+ |
| Springfield | #281 | D− | C− | D | D | D |
| Southwick | #200 | B− | D | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Longmeadow | #88 | A− | D− | A− | A− | A |
| Westfield | #229 | C+ | C− | B | C | B |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Agawam Town grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #243 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades B+ for health, C+ for safety and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Massachusetts has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Agawam Town sits nearer the middle.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
6 notable people were born here, including Doug Janik and Anthony Clark.
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