Housing density: 107 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $204,989.
Median contract rent in 2022: $735 (lower quartile is $546, upper quartile is $972)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $949
Median gross rent in Lenox, NY in 2022: $931
Housing units in Lenox with a mortgage: 1,329 (84 second mortgage, 170 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 666
In family households: 56,152 (12,893 male householders, 5,502 female householders)
13,994 spouses, 19,353 children (18,010 natural, 429 adopted, 914 stepchildren), 1,057 grandchildren, 385 brothers or sisters, 417 parents, foster children, 429 other relatives, 1,849 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 12,157 (4,513 male householders (3,347 living alone)), 4,846 female householders (3,949 living alone)), 2,798 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 5,133 (659 institutionalized population)
12,327 married couples with children.
3,723 single-parent households (1,114 men, 2,609 women).
95.4% of residents of Lenox speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 255 (3.0%)
(47.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Lenox, New York
81995 to March 2000
201990 to 1994
111985 to 1989
51980 to 1984
491975 to 1979
121970 to 1974
121965 to 1969
43Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 1,977 (19.2%)
German: 1,897 (18.4%)
Irish: 1,657 (16.1%)
English: 1,238 (12.0%)
Other: 639 (6.2%)
United States: 609 (5.9%)
French: 506 (4.9%)
Polish: 485 (4.7%)
Dutch: 351 (3.4%)
Scottish: 216 (2.1%)
French Canadian: 170 (1.6%)
Welsh: 142 (1.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 99 (1.0%)
Ukrainian: 76 (0.7%)
Arab: 74 (0.7%)
Russian: 49 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 32 (0.3%)
Swedish: 27 (0.3%)
Czech: 20 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.2%)
Greek: 14 (0.1%)
Danish: 8 (0.08%)
West Indian: 6 (0.06%)
Slovak: 3 (0.03%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Jordan
Lenox:
33.1% (53)
New York:
0.1% (4,084)
United Kingdom
Lenox:
13.8% (22)
New York:
1.6% (62,237)
Honduras
Lenox:
12.5% (20)
New York:
1.1% (43,314)
Austria
Lenox:
10.6% (17)
New York:
0.3% (11,299)
Germany
Lenox:
8.8% (14)
New York:
1.8% (69,327)
Laos
Lenox:
6.2% (10)
New York:
0.1% (3,170)
Italy
Lenox:
4.4% (7)
New York:
3.8% (147,729)
France
Lenox:
3.1% (5)
New York:
0.5% (20,310)
Korea
Lenox:
3.1% (5)
New York:
2.5% (97,933)
Other Northern Africa
Lenox:
2.5% (4)
New York:
0.3% (11,568)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 7,631
Other state: 854
Northeast: 395
Midwest: 131
South: 246
West: 82
63% of Lenox residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in New York.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 34
Nursery to 4th grade: 5
5th and 6th grade: 52
7th and 8th grade: 78
9th grade: 128
10th grade: 134
11th grade: 81
12th grade, no diploma: 55
High school graduate (or equivalency): 983
Less than 1 year of college: 182
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 289
Associate degree: 244
Bachelor's degree: 356
Master's degree: 118
Professional school degree: 28
Doctorate degree: 19
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 35
Nursery to 4th grade: 11
5th and 6th grade: 27
7th and 8th grade: 54
9th grade: 82
10th grade: 156
11th grade: 96
12th grade, no diploma: 126
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,156
Less than 1 year of college: 228
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 351
Associate degree: 208
Bachelor's degree: 415
Master's degree: 104
Professional school degree: 22
Doctorate degree: 7
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 2,557
One, attached: 77
Two: 416
3 or 4: 292
5 to 9: 115
10 to 19: 55
50 or more: 124
Mobile homes: 241
Median worth of mobile homes: $80,646
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.2%
