Great Barrington vs Lenox Dale

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

Great Barrington and Lenox Dale 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 165 in Lenox Dale). Since 2019, Great Barrington's population has grown faster (-5.7% vs -51.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Great Barrington	Lenox Dale
Population	1,953	165
Median age	55.0 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,071	—
Median home value	$459,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,142	—
Housing units	1,075	98
Homeownership rate	64.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	49.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Barrington	Lenox Dale
Population	2,070 → 1,953 (-5.7%)	337 → 165 (-51.0%)
Median household income	$49,368 → $57,071 (+15.6%)	—
Median home value	$384,600 → $459,000 (+19.3%)	$189,600 → $193,800 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,142 (+12.4%)	—

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 Dale

Population

337165

Median home value

$189,600$193,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Barrington	Lenox Dale
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	33.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	37.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	3.6%
65 to 74	21.6%	0.0%
75 and over	14.3%	24.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Barrington	Lenox Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	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	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Barrington	Lenox Dale
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Barrington	Lenox Dale
Drove alone	65.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	15.8%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Barrington	Lenox Dale
1-unit, detached	60.6%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	41.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Barrington	Lenox Dale
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.7%
Average household size	1.93	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1938	—