Lenox Dale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Hardly any stay in Lenox Dale for work; outside it, Pittsfield is the main destination (24%, 8 miles). There are 88 jobs in Lenox Dale, and 154 of its residents work somewhere. Below the poverty line: 100.0% of residents, against 10.0% across Massachusetts.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Lenox Dale
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Lenox Dale on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Lenox Dale goes to work
Where Lenox Dale clocks in
24% of workers
14% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Lenox Dale: what the 88 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lenox Dale, 2014 → 2024: 111 → 88. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lenox Dale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Lenox Dale’s workers travel
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Lenox Dale: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Lee (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lenox Dale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox Dale | – | — | — | — | — |
| Lee | 7% | B | A | 18 min | $83,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lenox Dale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lenox Dale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lenox Dale?
100.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lenox Dale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsfield (24%, 8 mi), Lenox (14%, 3 mi), Lee (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lenox Dale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lenox Dale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.