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Lenox town, Berkshire County, MA

4,979 Population
21.2 square miles 234.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 46.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$46,829 ±$6,828 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Berkshire County: $34,287 ±$696
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$72,411 ±$13,529 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Berkshire County: $56,674 ±$1,559
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

4.1% ±2.3% (193  ±109) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Berkshire County: 11.4% 13,759 (±0.9% / ±1,122)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

20.4 minutes ±1.5 (37,065  ±5,908) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than 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

2,377 ±159 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 55,167 ±715
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2 ±0.1 (4,653  ±109) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 120,426 (±0 / ±530)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

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

Housing

2,996 ±230 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,078 ±244
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$319,000 ±$51,302 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Berkshire County: $208,500 ±$6,381
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

15.5% ±6.1% (772  ±302.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 12.6% 15,942 (±0.9% / ±1,079.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

95.8% ±9.5% (3,716  ±401.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 91.1% 84,675 (±1.8% / ±1,691.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
51% ±6.9% (1,978  ±278.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Berkshire County: 33.4% 31,034 (±1.2% / ±1,068.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

11.7% ±5.2% (582  ±258) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Berkshire County: 6.4% 8,206 (±0.5% / ±660)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

9.9% ±2.5% (425  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 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)
425 Total veterans ±107 415 Male ±108 10 Female ±17

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