Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Southwick grades B− overall, 200th of 282 graded towns in Massachusetts, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $120K and it reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $412K for a typical one and 5.8 times the Springfield metro’s $71K median household income. Southwick’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, against 1.8 in Massachusetts’ towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 32 of Massachusetts’ 325 towns do worse. Laflin-Phelps Homestead is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Southwick beats most towns.
Where Southwick’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Southwick is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 841 in 1790, 9,232 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1794 and 8 maps from 1887 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Southwick. Close and well known come first.
11 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
8 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
20 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
32 mi LakeQuabbin Reservoir
22 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
29 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 Southwick, 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 Southwick.
Southwick is safe by national standards but not by Massachusetts’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Massachusetts.
At 9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 63% of Massachusetts’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 9 reported in 2025, 1 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Southwick Regional School, with 588 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powder Mill SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 383 | B− |
| Southwick Regional SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 588 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
The typical Southwick home is worth about $412,000, up 3.6% in a year, 37% below the Massachusetts typical home. Southwick’s median rent is $1,332 a month, below Massachusetts’ towns ($1,683 a month) but above U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 83% of Southwick households own their home.
| Southwick | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,332 a month | $1,683 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Southwick for work: only 11% work in town. 4% of residents live below the poverty line in Southwick. The top destinations are Springfield (14%), Westfield (12%) and Agawam Town (6%).
| Southwick | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $120,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 16% | 18% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within Massachusetts it is less healthy than 79% of the 279 graded towns: Massachusetts sets a high bar. Against the 5,685 U.S. towns with household incomes like Southwick’s, it is less healthy than 66%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Southwick beats the Massachusetts average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Southwick | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 82% | 79% |
| What stands out | Southwick | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 12.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
33 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves. Southwick Wildlife Management Area, at 251 acres with 4.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Southwick Wildlife Management Area | 4.4 mi | 251 |
| 2. Sofinowski Property | 2.4 mi | 136 |
| 3. Whalley Park | 1.4 mi | 29 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Southwick has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Among 283 Massachusetts towns, just 6 have a higher July high than Southwick.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Southwick.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Southwick
About 5 of every 100 Southwick residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Southwick is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,232 at the 2020 census, down from 9,502 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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5 towns share a border with Southwick.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwick | #200 | B− | D | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Agawam Town | #243 | C | C− | C+ | C | B+ |
| Granville | — | — | D | A | C+ | B+ |
| Westfield | #229 | C+ | C− | B | C | B |
Granville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Southwick with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Southwick grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #200 of 282 in Massachusetts. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
2 notable people were born here, including William W. Boyington and Matthew Laflin.
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