Housatonic vs Lenox Dale

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

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

Housatonic has the higher population (1,054 vs 165 in Lenox Dale). Since 2019, Housatonic's population has grown faster (+40.0% vs -51.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Housatonic	Lenox Dale
Population	1,054	165
Median age	46.9 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,920	—
Median home value	$429,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,259	—
Housing units	618	98
Homeownership rate	66.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	49.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Housatonic	Lenox Dale
Population	753 → 1,054 (+40.0%)	337 → 165 (-51.0%)
Median household income	$35,481 → $86,920 (+145.0%)	—
Median home value	$275,000 → $429,200 (+56.1%)	$189,600 → $193,800 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,269 → $1,259 (-0.8%)	—

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 Dale

Population

337165

Median home value

$189,600$193,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Housatonic	Lenox Dale
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	33.9%
25 to 34	7.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	37.6%
55 to 64	20.4%	3.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	0.0%
75 and over	9.3%	24.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Housatonic	Lenox Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Housatonic	Lenox Dale
No high school diploma	0.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Housatonic	Lenox Dale
Drove alone	76.9%	84.2%
Carpooled	2.0%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Housatonic	Lenox Dale
1-unit, detached	72.8%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	41.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Housatonic	Lenox Dale
Poverty rate	4.5%	6.7%
Average household size	1.97	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1938	—