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Lanesborough town, Berkshire County, MA

3,000 Population
28.8 square miles 104 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 46.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$36,508 ±$4,541 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $34,287 ±$696
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$76,818 ±$9,937 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Berkshire County: $56,674 ±$1,559
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

6.5% ±4.5% (196  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 11.4% 13,759 (±0.9% / ±1,122)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

19.4 minutes ±2.2 (26,455  ±4,390) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Berkshire County: 19.9 1,179,885 (±0.6 / ±39,965)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

1,212 ±88 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 55,167 ±715
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.5 ±0.2 (2,993  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 120,426 (±0 / ±530)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

14.6% ±10.6% (75  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Berkshire County: 4.4% † 1,173 (±1% / ±257)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

1,480 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,078 ±244
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$223,700 ±$30,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $208,500 ±$6,381
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

10.8% ±6.3% (318  ±185.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.6% 15,942 (±0.9% / ±1,079.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

95.7% ±11.7% (2,139  ±286) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 91.1% 84,675 (±1.8% / ±1,691.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
44.5% ±8.4% (995  ±195.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berkshire County: 33.4% 31,034 (±1.2% / ±1,068.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

4.8% ±3.2% (145  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berkshire County: 6.4% 8,206 (±0.5% / ±660)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

9.7% ±3.5% (229  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 8.4% 8,851 (±0.4% / ±467)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
229 Total veterans ±83 229 Male ±83 N/A Female ±12

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