Cheshire vs Lenox Dale

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

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

Cheshire has the higher population (584 vs 165 in Lenox Dale). Since 2019, Cheshire's population has grown faster (+8.3% vs -51.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire	Lenox Dale
Population	584	165
Median age	59.7 yrs	53.4 yrs
Housing units	357	98
Homeownership rate	83.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	49.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire	Lenox Dale
Population	539 → 584 (+8.3%)	337 → 165 (-51.0%)
Median household income	$79,107 → $94,167 (+19.0%)	—
Median home value	$205,500 → $161,100 (-21.6%)	$189,600 → $193,800 (+2.2%)

Cheshire

Population

539584

Median household income

$79,107$94,167

Median home value

$205,500$161,100

Lenox Dale

Population

337165

Median home value

$189,600$193,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheshire	Lenox Dale
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	33.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	37.6%
55 to 64	33.2%	3.6%
65 to 74	20.9%	0.0%
75 and over	4.6%	24.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire	Lenox Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire	Lenox Dale
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire	Lenox Dale
Drove alone	84.1%	84.2%
Carpooled	15.5%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire	Lenox Dale
1-unit, detached	81.5%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	41.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire	Lenox Dale
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.7%
Average household size	1.79	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1938	—