Incorporated: 1767 (as the township of Lenox).
Named for: Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond.
Population: 5,077 (2000 U.S. Census), 5,808 (Town Census, 2006).
Area: 21.5 square miles.
Elevation: 1,257 feet (town center).
Average annual snowfall: 78 inches (estimated).
Median resident age: 45.9.
Median household income: $56,700 (Estimated, 2005).
Median family income: $61,413 (2000 U.S. Census).
Average house value: $424, 262 (DOR, 2007).
Average property tax: $3,674, single-family home (DOR 2007).
Unemployment rate: 5.1 percent (February 2007).
Races, national origin: White, 4,903; African-American, 66; Asian, 52; American Indian & Alaskan, 4; Other, 21; mixed race, 29; Hispanic, 97 (2000 U.S. Census).
Ancestries: Irish, 17 percent; English, 15 percent; Italian, 11 percent; German, 9 percent; French, 8 percent; Polish, 4 percent; French Canadian, 4 percent; Russian, 3 percent; Scottish, 3 percent; Dutch, 2 percent; Hungarian, 2 percent; Scotch-Irish, 2 percent; Black or African American, 1 percent; Canadian, 1 percent; Swedish, 1 percent; Welsh, 1 percent; Eastern European, 1 percent; British, 1 percent; Greek, 1 percent; Czech, 1 percent; Norwegian, 1 percent; Austrian, 1 percent;
Town Web site: www.townoflenox.com
The town ...
... was one of the settings for the 1999 film "The Cider House Rules," starring Michael Caine and Tobey Maguire. Scenes were shot on location at Ventfort Hall. ... The Town Beach at Laurel Lake and Lilac Park in the village center are among the small parks maintained by the Parks and Recreation Department. ... a highly regarded public school system and its students have among the county's highest MCAS and SAT scores. Lenox Memorial Middle and High School (grades 6-12) serves nearly 500 students; Morris Elementary School (pre-K through grade 5) is attended by nearly 400. Independent schools in the town include Valleyhead, Berkshire County Christian, and Montessori School of the Berkshires. Berkshire Country Day School's secondary-school campus, soon to be phased out, is in Lenox. The long-established BCD elementary and middle school is on Route 183 in the town of Stockbridge. ... is served by the private, nonprofit Lenox Library Association, which currently owns and operates the town library. The library includes more than 67,000 books, 7,300 audio materials, and nearly 2,000 videos. The annual budget is about $700,000 — about 35 percent of it appropriated by the town. ... has an average age of 45, which is one of the highest in the county and well above the statewide average of 37; one out of four Lenoxians is over 65, and the overall population is 55 percent female. Nearly half of the population is single, and there are many seniors living alone on modest incomes in assisted or independent living facilities such as the Curtis subsidized apartments; other facilities include Devonshire Estates, the Kimball Farms complex and Cameron House. ... had nearly 9 percent of the total population living below the federal poverty line as of the 2000 U.S. Census. ... From a New York Times article on Lenox in March 2004: " You can't go far in Lenox without encountering a remnant of the Gilded Age. The Vanderbilts, Astors, Morgans and other millionaires who converged on Lenox, starting in the 1880s, left their fingerprints, if not their money, all over town."
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