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Lee town, Berkshire County, MA

5,742 Population
26.1 square miles 219.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$36,049 ±$4,357 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Berkshire County: $35,616 ±$942
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$74,009 ±$18,026 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $59,230 ±$1,868
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

5.4% ±2.2% (296  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Berkshire County: 10.9% 13,063 (±0.9% / ±1,073)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

20 minutes ±2.1 (55,910  ±7,529) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Berkshire County: 19.8 1,170,140 (±0.5 / ±35,728)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

2,243 ±186 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 54,813 ±569
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.5 ±0.2 (5,537  ±117) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 119,598 (±0 / ±461)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

4.9% ±5% (62  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 4.4% † 1,161 (±0.9% / ±225)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

2,716 ±230 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,079 ±313
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$272,100 ±$22,675 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $216,100 ±$5,956
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

11.7% ±4.2% (660  ±236) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.7% 15,893 (±0.9% / ±1,143.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

91.5% ±8.9% (3,919  ±429.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 91.4% 84,612 (±1.8% / ±1,685.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
32.7% ±5.9% (1,402  ±263) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Berkshire County: 33.6% 31,156 (±1.1% / ±1,017)
  • about three-quarters of 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

12.5% ±6% (715  ±345) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Berkshire County: 6.1% 7,657 (±0.6% / ±706)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

11.2% ±3.2% (514  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berkshire County: 8% 8,354 (±0.5% / ±507)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
514 Total veterans ±147 501 Male ±144 13 Female ±20

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