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Cost of living in Chicopee, Massachusetts

Chicopee, Massachusetts has about 55,295 people. Typical rent is $1,157 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $62,615 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #33 in Massachusetts on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,157 a month.

Chicopee is a city in Massachusetts. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $62,615 a year.

People
55,295
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,157
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$62,615
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$274,500
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,800
Springfield, MA MSA
Gas
$4.439
Massachusetts, week of October 12, 2026

Chicopee, Massachusetts has about 55,295 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $274,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in this town's area (Springfield, MA MSA) is $1,800 a month. That rate runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Springfield, MA metro area, prices sit at 96.1 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Massachusetts taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.3% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Chicopee's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Massachusetts home paid 30.49¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Chicopee's bill.

For the week of October 12, 2026, EIA's all-grades gasoline price in Massachusetts was $4.439 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,130.72 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Massachusetts shares this price.

Among 203 places we list in Massachusetts with a rent figure, 159 have higher typical rent than Chicopee.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.