Lenox vs Pittsfield

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

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

Pittsfield has the higher population (43,559 vs 1,809 in Lenox). Pittsfield has the higher median household income ($68,386 vs $58,920 in Lenox). Lenox has the higher median home value ($411,700 vs $233,700 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lenox	Pittsfield
Population	1,809	43,559
Median age	64.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,920	$68,386
Median home value	$411,700	$233,700
Median gross rent	$987	$1,094
Housing units	1,036	21,589
Homeownership rate	51.3%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenox	Pittsfield
Population	1,899 → 1,809 (-4.7%)	42,766 → 43,559 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $58,920 (+19.8%)	$51,411 → $68,386 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$269,100 → $411,700 (+53.0%)	$174,300 → $233,700 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $987 (+17.9%)	$893 → $1,094 (+22.5%)

Lenox

Population

1,8991,809

Median household income

$49,167$58,920

Median home value

$269,100$411,700

Median gross rent

$837$987

Pittsfield

Population

42,76643,559

Median household income

$51,411$68,386

Median home value

$174,300$233,700

Median gross rent

$893$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenox	Pittsfield
Under 5	1.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	9.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	1.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	29.2%	11.8%
75 and over	18.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenox	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	77.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenox	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	9.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	13.0%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenox	Pittsfield
Drove alone	61.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.5%
Public transit	2.3%	1.8%
Walked	6.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	3.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.4%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenox	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	36.1%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	26.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Lenox	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	10.2%	13.6%
Average household size	1.76	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1938	1950