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Lenox town, Berkshire County, MA

4,964 Population
21.2 square miles 234 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.4 ±6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,010 ±$7,195 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $37,025 ±$996
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$67,832 ±$23,239 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $62,166 ±$2,305
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

4.8% ±2.9% (222  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Berkshire County: 9.7% † 11,627 (±1% / ±1,157)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

18 minutes ±5 (30,340  ±5,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 20.4 1,161,415 (±0.6 / ±40,816)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

2,233 ±174 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 54,786 ±750
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.1 ±0.2 (4,600  ±120) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 119,135 (±0 / ±508)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,887 ±283 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,149 ±232
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$317,900 ±$36,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Berkshire County: $221,000 ±$5,633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

17.2% ±6.6% (854  ±326.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berkshire County: 13% 16,278 (±1% / ±1,274.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

95.8% ±10.8% (3,684  ±481.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 92.9% 86,081 (±2% / ±1,857.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
52.7% ±8.3% (2,028  ±348.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Berkshire County: 35.3% 32,735 (±1.2% / ±1,120.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

9.8% ±5% (484  ±248) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Berkshire County: 5.6% 7,077 (±0.5% / ±599)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

8.2% ±3.2% (362  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 7.6% 7,908 (±0.5% / ±554)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
362 Total veterans ±140 354 Male ±138 8 Female ±17

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