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Lee town, Berkshire County, MA

5,719 Population
26.1 square miles 218.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.2 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$53,436 ±$7,185 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $49,365 ±$2,153
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$83,750 ±$13,346 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $76,013 ±$3,051
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

7.2% ±4.9% (395  ±270) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 11.4% † 14,169 (±1.1% / ±1,408)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

18.1 minutes ±2 (43,780  ±8,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 21.2 1,130,325 (±0.7 / ±48,512)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

2,809 ±275 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 57,585 ±622
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2 ±0.2 (5,489  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 2.1 123,286 (±0 / ±71)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

3% ±4.5% (33  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 3.5% † 916 (±1% / ±262)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

3,296 ±315 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 70,004 ±96
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$352,700 ±$19,496 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $305,400 ±$9,204
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

13.1% ±6.7% (743  ±378.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 11.3% 14,561 (±1.1% / ±1,441.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

98.6% ±11.6% (4,622  ±582.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 94.1% 90,419 (±2.1% / ±2,066.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
44.1% ±8.2% (2,069  ±395.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 40% 38,388 (±1.4% / ±1,341.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.7% ±3.3% (442  ±187) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 6.2% 7,974
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

7% ±4.2% (349  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 5.9% 6,411 (±0.5% / ±539)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
349 Total veterans ±210 349 Male ±210 N/A Female ±19

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