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Lanesborough town, Berkshire County, MA

2,973 Population
28.9 square miles 103 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,574 ±$4,556 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $35,616 ±$942
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$78,315 ±$14,059 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Berkshire County: $59,230 ±$1,868
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

7.7% ±4.7% (229  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 10.9% 13,063 (±0.9% / ±1,073)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

18.7 minutes ±2.3 (26,140  ±4,419) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Berkshire County: 19.8 1,170,140 (±0.5 / ±35,728)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

1,255 ±99 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 54,813 ±569
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.4 ±0.2 (2,964  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 119,598 (±0 / ±461)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

6.3% ±6.6% (28  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berkshire County: 4.4% † 1,161 (±0.9% / ±225)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

1,498 ±152 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,079 ±313
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$256,200 ±$54,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $216,100 ±$5,956
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

9.6% ±5.3% (283  ±156.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.7% 15,893 (±0.9% / ±1,143.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

94.6% ±11.7% (2,074  ±279.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 91.4% 84,612 (±1.8% / ±1,685.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
41.8% ±7.9% (917  ±179) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 33.6% 31,156 (±1.1% / ±1,017)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

4.2% ±2.7% (124  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 6.1% 7,657 (±0.6% / ±706)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

7.9% ±3.4% (190  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 8% 8,354 (±0.5% / ±507)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
190 Total veterans ±82 190 Male ±82 N/A Female ±12

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