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Lenox town, Berkshire County, MA

4,963 Population
21.2 square miles 233.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.4 ±4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$47,930 ±$6,638 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Berkshire County: $35,616 ±$942
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$66,500 ±$17,446 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $59,230 ±$1,868
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

5.3% ±2.7% (243  ±125) 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)

19.1 minutes ±2.3 (34,110  ±6,274) 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

2,278 ±186 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 54,813 ±569
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2 ±0.2 (4,618  ±140) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 119,598 (±0 / ±461)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

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

Housing

2,910 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,079 ±313
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$311,700 ±$51,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Berkshire County: $216,100 ±$5,956
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

18.8% ±6.9% (932  ±343.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Berkshire County: 12.7% 15,893 (±0.9% / ±1,143.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

95.3% ±9.4% (3,654  ±393.7) 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)
51.8% ±6.6% (1,985  ±267.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Berkshire County: 33.6% 31,156 (±1.1% / ±1,017)
  • about 20 percent higher 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

10.9% ±5.2% (543  ±258) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Berkshire County: 6.1% 7,657 (±0.6% / ±706)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

9.3% ±2.8% (402  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 8% 8,354 (±0.5% / ±507)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
402 Total veterans ±120 391 Male ±117 11 Female ±21

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