Southwick is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 9,195 people and two associated neighborhoods, Southwick is the 189th largest community in Massachusetts.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Southwick is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Southwick is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Southwick who work in office and administrative support (10.80%), management occupations (10.39%), and sales jobs (8.37%). Of important note, Southwick is also a town of artists. Southwick has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Southwick’s character. Also of interest is that Southwick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.12% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Southwick has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Southwick has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Southwick than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Southwick may be for you. Southwick is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Southwick is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.92% of adults in Southwick have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Southwick in 2022 was $50,685, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $202,740 for a family of four. The people who call Southwick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Southwick residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Southwick include Irish, Italian, Polish, English, and French. The most common language spoken in Southwick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Spanish.
