Devens vs Lunenburg

A side-by-side comparison of Devens and Lunenburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lunenburg has the higher population (2,163 vs 1,871 in Devens). Devens has the higher median household income ($113,125 vs $112,422 in Lunenburg). Devens has the higher median home value ($464,000 vs $439,600 in Lunenburg).

Population, income & housing

	Devens	Lunenburg
Population	1,871	2,163
Median age	46.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$112,422
Median home value	$464,000	$439,600
Median gross rent	$1,628	—
Housing units	326	822
Homeownership rate	79.0%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Devens	Lunenburg
Population	1,969 → 1,871 (-5.0%)	1,778 → 2,163 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$92,426 → $113,125 (+22.4%)	$113,750 → $112,422 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $464,000 (+40.6%)	$259,200 → $439,600 (+69.6%)

Devens

Population

1,9691,871

Median household income

$92,426$113,125

Median home value

$330,000$464,000

Lunenburg

Population

1,7782,163

Median household income

$113,750$112,422

Median home value

$259,200$439,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Devens	Lunenburg
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	22.7%
18 to 24	12.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	22.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	19.2%	20.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	6.0%
75 and over	5.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Devens	Lunenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	77.9%
Black or African American	24.8%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Devens	Lunenburg
No high school diploma	18.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Devens	Lunenburg
Drove alone	61.6%	76.9%
Carpooled	23.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	13.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Devens	Lunenburg
1-unit, detached	63.8%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Devens	Lunenburg
Poverty rate	17.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1979	1956