Housatonic vs Lenox

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

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

Lenox has the higher population (1,809 vs 1,054 in Housatonic). Housatonic has the higher median household income ($86,920 vs $58,920 in Lenox). Housatonic has the higher median home value ($429,200 vs $411,700 in Lenox).

Population, income & housing

	Housatonic	Lenox
Population	1,054	1,809
Median age	46.9 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,920	$58,920
Median home value	$429,200	$411,700
Median gross rent	$1,259	$987
Housing units	618	1,036
Homeownership rate	66.9%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Housatonic	Lenox
Population	753 → 1,054 (+40.0%)	1,899 → 1,809 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$35,481 → $86,920 (+145.0%)	$49,167 → $58,920 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $429,200 (+56.1%)	$269,100 → $411,700 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,269 → $1,259 (-0.8%)	$837 → $987 (+17.9%)

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

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)

	Housatonic	Lenox
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	1.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	20.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	29.2%
75 and over	9.3%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Housatonic	Lenox
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Housatonic	Lenox
No high school diploma	0.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	12.7%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Housatonic	Lenox
Drove alone	76.9%	61.6%
Carpooled	2.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	21.1%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Housatonic	Lenox
1-unit, detached	72.8%	36.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	22.4%
20 or more units	6.6%	26.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Housatonic	Lenox
Poverty rate	4.5%	10.2%
Average household size	1.97	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938