Lunenburg vs Sturbridge

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

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

Sturbridge has the higher population (2,277 vs 2,163 in Lunenburg). Sturbridge has the higher median household income ($129,413 vs $112,422 in Lunenburg). Lunenburg has the higher median home value ($439,600 vs $404,700 in Sturbridge).

Population, income & housing

	Lunenburg	Sturbridge
Population	2,163	2,277
Median age	41.3 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,422	$129,413
Median home value	$439,600	$404,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,682
Housing units	822	1,078
Homeownership rate	95.2%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lunenburg	Sturbridge
Population	1,778 → 2,163 (+21.7%)	2,243 → 2,277 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$113,750 → $112,422 (-1.2%)	$102,059 → $129,413 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$259,200 → $439,600 (+69.6%)	$273,700 → $404,700 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,480 → $1,682 (+13.6%)

Lunenburg

Population

1,7782,163

Median household income

$113,750$112,422

Median home value

$259,200$439,600

Sturbridge

Population

2,2432,277

Median household income

$102,059$129,413

Median home value

$273,700$404,700

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lunenburg	Sturbridge
Under 5	4.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	25.9%
55 to 64	20.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	12.1%
75 and over	9.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lunenburg	Sturbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	94.8%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lunenburg	Sturbridge
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	21.9%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lunenburg	Sturbridge
Drove alone	76.9%	71.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lunenburg	Sturbridge
1-unit, detached	82.6%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lunenburg	Sturbridge
Poverty rate	3.1%	1.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1956	1959