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SheetMA-LONGMEADOW-MA · Longmeadow, MA 15,724 pop · income 93rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Longmeadow
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Longmeadow on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Whitewater · lowest
49,000
Whitewater · lowest
49,000 median HH income
33.9% of the leader · rank #1
Redondo Beach · near
144,588
Redondo Beach · near
144,588 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Ravensdale · near
144,615
Ravensdale · near
144,615 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Fall · near
144,625
Fall · near
144,625 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Flourtown · near
144,634
Flourtown · near
144,634 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Longmeadow · this city
144,639
Longmeadow · this city
144,639 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
Black Diamond · highest
144,728
Black Diamond · highest
144,728 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Longmeadow on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 15,724.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Longmeadow - the verdict
Nationally, Longmeadow sits in the 93rd percentile for household income and the 77th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
93rd
percentile, household income
79th
percentile, home value
98th
percentile, median rent
77th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Longmeadow, MA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 15,724 residents in Longmeadow, a small town within Massachusetts. Median household income here is $144,639 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.2%. Longmeadow's housing stock carries a median value of $425,800, and the median resident age is 44.8 years. Educational attainment runs 66.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 55.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Longmeadow reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 686.4 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Massachusetts carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Massachusetts at 105.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,261 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Massachusetts run around $330, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Longmeadow report an average commute of 18.6 minutes, with 72.5% driving alone and 21.0% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 78.8 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Longmeadow's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to reported crime to housing and income to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Longmeadow, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Longmeadow?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.6 minutes.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Longmeadow?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 686.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 70% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
How far does income reach against housing in Longmeadow?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Longmeadow?
Within Massachusetts, the closest population matches are Hudson (15,610 residents, $96,149 income); Easthampton (16,103 residents, $72,925 income); Swampscott (15,209 residents, $128,964 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Vail, AZ (15,722 residents); Chelsea, AL (15,731 residents); Fort Mohave, AZ (15,716 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Longmeadow?
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 66.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
66.1%
Poverty estimate
3.2%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$144,639
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
66.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B
95 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
105.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Longmeadow profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 95/100 (A+) · $144,639
Bachelor's+ share: 95/100 (A+) · 66.1%
Poverty rate: 77/100 (B+) · 3.2%
Violent crime: 72/100 (B) · 95 /100k
Cost of living: 18/100 (F) · 105.8 index
Where Longmeadow sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Longmeadow's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Longmeadow highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Longmeadow, MA (this city): home $425,800, crime 686/100k
Whitewater, WI : home $211,800, crime 918/100k
Rutland, VT : home $176,400, crime 4,269/100k
Newton, IA : home $151,600, crime 1,774/100k
Hudson, MA : home $457,400, crime 722/100k
Easthampton, MA : home $343,800, crime 670/100k
Swampscott, MA : home $690,800, crime 1,157/100k
Abington, MA : home $516,300, crime 1,593/100k
Amesbury, MA : home $475,400, crime 670/100k
Greenfield, MA : home $252,000, crime 2,698/100k
How does Longmeadow compare to other US cities?
Where Longmeadow sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value79% pricier than other cities
Median rent98% pricier than other cities
Safety77% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Massachusetts alone, Longmeadow ranks #51 of 149 Massachusetts cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Longmeadow against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Massachusetts only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Massachusetts-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Longmeadow near the bottom of Massachusetts's cities
Among the 247 Massachusetts cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Longmeadow ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Longmeadow only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#31 of 233
87th percentile in Massachusetts
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 247
0th percentile in Massachusetts
Median Home Value
#157 of 240
35th percentile in Massachusetts
Poverty Rate
#140 of 247
41st percentile in Massachusetts
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#39 of 247
84th percentile in Massachusetts
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Massachusetts only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
93rd percentile nationally for median household income · 77th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Longmeadow's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Longmeadow's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Longmeadow's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$425,80021st percentilemore affordable than 21% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Longmeadow's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,393 of 15,516
More affordable than 59% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#828 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.9×, Longmeadow sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,393 of 15,516 and #828 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$144,639Longmeadow, MA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Longmeadow, MA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Longmeadow, MA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)66.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
15,724
Median Income
$144,639
Median Home Value
$425,800
Median Age
44.8
Poverty Rate
3.2%
Labor force participation
55.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
66.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
686.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
94.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
591.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.6 minutes
Drive Alone
72.5%
Carpool
4.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
21.0%
Other
0.7%
Based on 6,858 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Massachusetts statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $330
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Massachusetts at $330 (electricity about $160 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are Massachusetts statewide averages, not a meter reading for Longmeadow. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Massachusetts's BEA cost-of-living index is 105.8 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Longmeadow is $2,261/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Massachusetts statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 78.8 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Massachusetts statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Longmeadow sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Longmeadow compares to similar-size Massachusetts cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.