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Lee town, Berkshire County, MA

5,760 Population
26.1 square miles 220.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±5.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Berkshire County: 46.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$33,006 ±$3,479 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Berkshire County: $34,287 ±$696
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$71,369 ±$14,237 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $56,674 ±$1,559
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

5.7% ±3% (319  ±165) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Berkshire County: 11.4% 13,759 (±0.9% / ±1,122)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

19.9 minutes ±1.5 (56,000  ±7,745) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as 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

2,199 ±180 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 55,167 ±715
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.5 ±0.2 (5,556  ±96) Persons per household
  • about 20 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

4.7% ±3.6% (53  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 4.4% † 1,173 (±1% / ±257)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

2,770 ±248 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,078 ±244
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$273,200 ±$32,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Berkshire County: $208,500 ±$6,381
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

9.7% ±3.5% (551  ±202) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.6% 15,942 (±0.9% / ±1,079.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

90.3% ±8.5% (3,786  ±421.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 91.1% 84,675 (±1.8% / ±1,691.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
29.1% ±5% (1,221  ±222) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 33.4% 31,034 (±1.2% / ±1,068.7)
  • about two-thirds of 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

13.1% ±5.8% (755  ±331) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Berkshire County: 6.4% 8,206 (±0.5% / ±660)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

9.6% ±2.3% (442  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 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)
442 Total veterans ±109 425 Male ±107 17 Female ±27

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