Lunenburg vs Rutland

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

Lunenburg and Rutland 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 1,796 in Rutland). Lunenburg has the higher median household income ($112,422 vs $102,885 in Rutland). Lunenburg has the higher median home value ($439,600 vs $357,700 in Rutland).

Population, income & housing

	Lunenburg	Rutland
Population	2,163	1,796
Median age	41.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$112,422	$102,885
Median home value	$439,600	$357,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,134
Housing units	822	722
Homeownership rate	95.2%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lunenburg	Rutland
Population	1,778 → 2,163 (+21.7%)	2,360 → 1,796 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$113,750 → $112,422 (-1.2%)	$84,833 → $102,885 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$259,200 → $439,600 (+69.6%)	$225,900 → $357,700 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,160 → $1,134 (-2.2%)

Lunenburg

Population

1,7782,163

Median household income

$113,750$112,422

Median home value

$259,200$439,600

Rutland

Population

2,3601,796

Median household income

$84,833$102,885

Median home value

$225,900$357,700

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lunenburg	Rutland
Under 5	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	20.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	15.0%
75 and over	9.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lunenburg	Rutland
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	92.4%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lunenburg	Rutland
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	21.9%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lunenburg	Rutland
Drove alone	76.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lunenburg	Rutland
1-unit, detached	82.6%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lunenburg	Rutland
Poverty rate	3.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1956	1977