Housatonic vs Lee

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

Housatonic 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 1,054 in Housatonic). Housatonic has the higher median household income ($86,920 vs $70,306 in Lee). Housatonic has the higher median home value ($429,200 vs $265,900 in Lee).

Population, income & housing

	Housatonic	Lee
Population	1,054	1,522
Median age	46.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,920	$70,306
Median home value	$429,200	$265,900
Median gross rent	$1,259	—
Housing units	618	883
Homeownership rate	66.9%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	45.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Housatonic	Lee
Population	753 → 1,054 (+40.0%)	1,717 → 1,522 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$35,481 → $86,920 (+145.0%)	$55,686 → $70,306 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $429,200 (+56.1%)	$237,500 → $265,900 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,269 → $1,259 (-0.8%)	$805 → $1,193 (+48.2%)

Housatonic

Population

7531,054

Median household income

$35,481$86,920

Median home value

$275,000$429,200

Median gross rent

$1,269$1,259

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)

	Housatonic	Lee
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	6.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	20.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	6.0%
55 to 64	20.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	15.8%
75 and over	9.3%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Housatonic	Lee
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Housatonic	Lee
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.0%
High school graduate	12.7%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Housatonic	Lee
Drove alone	76.9%	68.5%
Carpooled	2.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Housatonic	Lee
1-unit, detached	72.8%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	14.9%
20 or more units	6.6%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Housatonic	Lee
Poverty rate	4.5%	9.3%
Average household size	1.97	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938