Great Barrington vs Lenox

A side-by-side comparison of Great Barrington and Lenox: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great Barrington has the higher population (1,953 vs 1,809 in Lenox). Lenox has the higher median household income ($58,920 vs $57,071 in Great Barrington). Great Barrington has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $411,700 in Lenox).

Population, income & housing

	Great Barrington	Lenox
Population	1,953	1,809
Median age	55.0 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,071	$58,920
Median home value	$459,000	$411,700
Median gross rent	$1,142	$987
Housing units	1,075	1,036
Homeownership rate	64.5%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Barrington	Lenox
Population	2,070 → 1,953 (-5.7%)	1,899 → 1,809 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$49,368 → $57,071 (+15.6%)	$49,167 → $58,920 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$384,600 → $459,000 (+19.3%)	$269,100 → $411,700 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,142 (+12.4%)	$837 → $987 (+17.9%)

Great Barrington

Population

2,0701,953

Median household income

$49,368$57,071

Median home value

$384,600$459,000

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,142

Lenox

Population

1,8991,809

Median household income

$49,167$58,920

Median home value

$269,100$411,700

Median gross rent

$837$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Barrington	Lenox
Under 5	7.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	8.9%	9.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	1.2%
35 to 44	5.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	21.6%	29.2%
75 and over	14.3%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Barrington	Lenox
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Barrington	Lenox
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Barrington	Lenox
Drove alone	65.7%	61.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.9%
Public transit	3.4%	2.3%
Walked	5.3%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	16.1%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Barrington	Lenox
1-unit, detached	60.6%	36.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	22.4%
20 or more units	11.8%	26.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Great Barrington	Lenox
Poverty rate	4.6%	10.2%
Average household size	1.93	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	13	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938