Cheshire vs Lee

A side-by-side comparison of Cheshire and Lee: population, income, housing, and more.

Cheshire and Lee are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lee has the higher population (1,522 vs 584 in Cheshire). Since 2019, Cheshire's population has grown faster (+8.3% vs -11.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire	Lee
Population	584	1,522
Median age	59.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,306
Median home value	—	$265,900
Housing units	357	883
Homeownership rate	83.4%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire	Lee
Population	539 → 584 (+8.3%)	1,717 → 1,522 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$79,107 → $94,167 (+19.0%)	$55,686 → $70,306 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$205,500 → $161,100 (-21.6%)	$237,500 → $265,900 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$805 → $1,193 (+48.2%)

Cheshire

Population

539584

Median household income

$79,107$94,167

Median home value

$205,500$161,100

Lee

Population

1,7171,522

Median household income

$55,686$70,306

Median home value

$237,500$265,900

Median gross rent

$805$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheshire	Lee
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	6.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	20.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.2%	6.0%
55 to 64	33.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	20.9%	15.8%
75 and over	4.6%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire	Lee
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire	Lee
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	22.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire	Lee
Drove alone	84.1%	68.5%
Carpooled	15.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire	Lee
1-unit, detached	81.5%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire	Lee
Poverty rate	11.5%	9.3%
Average household size	1.79	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938