Lenox vs Williamstown

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

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

Williamstown has the higher population (4,352 vs 1,809 in Lenox). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($82,917 vs $58,920 in Lenox). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($436,900 vs $411,700 in Lenox).

Population, income & housing

	Lenox	Williamstown
Population	1,809	4,352
Median age	64.2 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,920	$82,917
Median home value	$411,700	$436,900
Median gross rent	$987	$1,244
Housing units	1,036	1,499
Homeownership rate	51.3%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenox	Williamstown
Population	1,899 → 1,809 (-4.7%)	4,506 → 4,352 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $58,920 (+19.8%)	$82,917 → $82,917 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$269,100 → $411,700 (+53.0%)	$374,600 → $436,900 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $987 (+17.9%)	$986 → $1,244 (+26.2%)

Lenox

Population

1,8991,809

Median household income

$49,167$58,920

Median home value

$269,100$411,700

Median gross rent

$837$987

Williamstown

Population

4,5064,352

Median household income

$82,917$82,917

Median home value

$374,600$436,900

Median gross rent

$986$1,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenox	Williamstown
Under 5	1.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.2%	10.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	48.1%
25 to 34	1.2%	5.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	4.7%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	5.8%
65 to 74	29.2%	9.6%
75 and over	18.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenox	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	75.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenox	Williamstown
No high school diploma	9.8%	1.0%
High school graduate	13.0%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	49.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenox	Williamstown
Drove alone	61.6%	28.0%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.5%
Public transit	2.3%	0.8%
Walked	6.9%	49.2%
Bicycle	3.9%	1.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenox	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	36.1%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	18.1%
20 or more units	26.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lenox	Williamstown
Poverty rate	10.2%	15.9%
Average household size	1.76	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	28	11
Median year structure built	1938	1945