Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 1.2% of all households
Housing units in zip code 01240 with a mortgage: 839 (98 second mortgage, 216 home equity loan, 277 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 472
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,650
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $581
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
15.6%
Whole state:
10.8%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 01240: Cranwell Golf Course (A), Cranwell Resort (B), Lenox House Country Shops (C), The Center at Lenox (D), Lenox Volunteer Ambulance Squad (E), Lenox Fire Department Station 3 (F), Lenox Fire Department Central Station (G), Lenox Library Association (H), Pleasant Valley Sanctuary (I), Blacksmith Museum (J), Lenox Library (K), Berkshire Performing Arts Center (L), Tanglewood Auditorium (M), Lenox Library Association Library (N). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Intown Mall Shopping Center (1), Lenox Country Shops Shopping Center (2), Lenox House Country Shops Shopping Center (3), Shops at Brushwood Farms Shopping Center (4), The Center at Lenox Shopping Center (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 01240 include: Church on the Hill (A), Saint Helenas Chapel (B), Trinity Church (C), New Life Community Fellowship Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Church on the Hill Cemetery (1), Mountain View Cemetery (2), New Lenox Cemetery (3), Saint Anns Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Felton Lake Brook (A), Sawmill Brook (B), Yokun Brook (C), Sargent Brook (D), Roaring Brook (E), Mill Brook (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 01240 include: Schermerhorn Park (1), Kennedy Park (2), George L Darey Wildlife Management Area (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 01240:
Less than $10,000: 30
$10,000 to $14,999: 729
$15,000 to $19,999: 35
$20,000 to $24,999: 64
$25,000 to $29,999: 244
$30,000 to $34,999: 4
$35,000 to $39,999: 151
$40,000 to $49,999: 7
$50,000 to $59,999: 4
$60,000 to $69,999: 1
$70,000 to $79,999: 67
$80,000 to $89,999: 17
$90,000 to $99,999: 178
$100,000 to $124,999: 259
$125,000 to $149,999: 175
$150,000 to $174,999: 173
$175,000 to $199,999: 237
$200,000 to $249,999: 223
$250,000 to $299,999: 174
$300,000 to $399,999: 343
$400,000 to $499,999: 344
$500,000 to $749,999: 132
$750,000 to $999,999: 47
$1,000,000 or more: 154
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 01240:
Less than $100: 274
$150 to $199: 536
$200 to $249: 313
$250 to $299: 625
$300 to $349: 6
$350 to $399: 405
$400 to $449: 5
$450 to $499: 15
$500 to $549: 963
$550 to $599: 466
$600 to $649: 158
$650 to $699: 1,860
$700 to $749: 336
$750 to $799: 113
$800 to $899: 3,047
$900 to $999: 198
$1,000 to $1,249: 209
$1,250 to $1,499: 172
$1,500 to $1,999: 67
$2,000 or more: 634
No cash rent: 102
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $124,531.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $323,683
Asian householders: $286,173
Some other race householders: $484,293
Hispanic or Latino householders: $484,293
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $305,897
01240:
$305,897
Massachusetts:
$342,000
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $229,761 - $430,964
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $268,920
Here:
$268,920
State:
$415,289
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 1,494
One, attached: 220
Two: 222
3 or 4: 213
5 to 9: 392
10 to 19: 362
20 to 49: 2,398
50 or more: 419
Mobile homes: 29
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 1,483 (74%)
Carpooled: 166 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 24 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 59 (3%)
Railroad: 48 (2%)
Taxi: 21 (1%)
Motorcycle: 64 (3%)
Bicycle: 159 (8%)
Walked: 213 (11%)
Other means: 313 (16%)
Worked at home: 268 (13%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 522
5 to 9 minutes: 295
10 to 14 minutes: 197
15 to 19 minutes: 314
20 to 24 minutes: 249
25 to 29 minutes: 287
30 to 34 minutes: 186
35 to 39 minutes: 38
40 to 44 minutes: 57
45 to 59 minutes: 166
60 to 89 minutes: 78
90 or more minutes: 60
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 91.8%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,877
In family households: 3,786 (996 male householders, 330 female householders)
1,157 spouses, 1,136 children (1,028 natural, 85 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 44 parents, 23 other relatives, 87 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,091 (241 male householders (205 living alone)), 721 female householders (646 living alone)), 129 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 408 (181 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 583 2-persons, 216 3-persons, 270 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 198 6-persons, 786 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 880 1-person, 243 2-persons, 11 3-persons
811 married couples with children.
931 single-parent households (504 men, 427 women).
89.9% of residents of 01240 zip code speak English at home.
15.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% very well, 5% well, 49% not well, 4% not at all).
45.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% very well, 60% well, 6% not well, 1% not at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% very well, 17% well, 27% not well, 11% not at all).
4.4% of residents speak other language at home (82% very well, 18% well).
Foreign born population: 282 (6.0%) (65.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
6.0%
Whole state:
14.8%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
United Kingdom (21%)
Canada (12%)
Germany (11%)
Colombia (8%)
Hungary (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 133
1990 to 1999: 78
1980 to 1989: 53
Before 1980: 124
Races in zip code 01240:
White population: 4,336 Black population: 86 American Indian population: 16 Asian population: 138 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 78 Some other race population: 5 Two or more races population: 9 Hispanic or Latino population: 251
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 827
English: 567
Other groups: 363
Italian: 299
Polish: 292
French (except Basque): 283
German: 276
Russian: 151
Scottish: 136
French Canadian: 124
American: 111
Swedish: 111
Norwegian: 69
Canadian: 49
Scotch-Irish: 47
Jamaican: 40
Welsh: 39
Israeli: 36
European: 36
Portuguese: 30
Haitian: 29
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 28
Brazilian: 25
Hungarian: 23
Finnish: 21
Czech: 17
Dutch: 17
Lithuanian: 16
Greek: 16
Cape Verdean: 16
Subsaharan African: 16
British: 12
Latvian: 12
Austrian: 12
Romanian: 10
Swiss: 10
Lebanese: 8
Albanian: 7
Slovak: 6
Yugoslavian: 6
Arab: 4
Eastern European: 3
Ukrainian: 3
Belgian: 2
Danish: 2
Armenian: 1
Northern European: 1
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
LENOX DPW MAINTENANCE FACILITY (275 MAIN ST in LENOX, MA)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-9111, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-9111, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
LENOX OIL CO INC (28 CRYSTAL ST in LENOX, MA)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-HQ-1997-0334, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-HQ-1997-0335, (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, EXCEPT REPAIR AND CARWASHES Organizations: DANIEL HUNTER (CONTACT/OWNER)
LENOX MEMORIAL HIGH (197 EAST STREET in LENOX, MA)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-152505 Alternative names: LENOX HIGH SCHOOL
MORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (129 WEST ST in LENOX, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-152015 Organizations: LENOX (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Alternative names: MORRIS ELEM SCHOOL
MONRO MUFFLER BRAKE INC (514 PITTSFIELD RD in LENOX, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: REALTY INCOME CORPORATION (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: MONRO #359
ACCUMAX TOOL AND DIE (CRYSTAL in LENOX, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: ROBERT OLSTED (CONTACT/OWNER)
LENOX (6 WALKER STREET in LENOX, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: GENERAL GOVERNMENT Alternative names: Lenox city hall
LENOX MOBIL SERVICE INC (596 PITTSFIELD RD in LENOX, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: DESORMIER ARTHUR (CONTACT/OWNER)
LENOXDALE SERVICE STA (CRYSTAL ST in LENOX, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: TOM DURFEE (CONTACT/OWNER)
LANE D F LANDSCAPING (STOCKBRIDGE IND PARK in LENOX, MA)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: LANE, DAVID F (CONTACT/OWNER)
LENOX CENTER W W T P (CRYSTAL STREET in LENOX, MA)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
LENOX LAUNDROMAT & DRY CLEANER (10 FRANKLIN ST in LENOX, MA)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: AL RICHMAN (CONTACT/OWNER)
LENOX LUMBER (WILLOW CREEK RD in LENOX, MA)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: PETER F BORGNIS (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4.3%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (36%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
Electricity (13%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
Wood (6%)
No fuel used (4%)
Other fuel (2%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Population in 1990: 5,001. Population change in the 1990s: +169 (+3.4%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 2,624
Northeast: 1,746
Midwest: 131
South: 216
West: 74
59% of the 01240 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Massachusetts.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 401
Here:
28.6%
Massachusetts:
10.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 243
Here:
28.8%
Massachusetts:
12.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 116
Here:
33.1%
Massachusetts:
49.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: