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Resort area; summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, in the Pittsfield metro area.
The community was named for Charles Lenox, Duke of Richmond
The latitude of Lenox is 42.356N. The longitude is -73.285W.
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 1,371 feet.The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 5,077.
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$45,581National
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Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census BureauFor more census details and comparisons, see our Lenox demographic reports
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· 1996 movie, "Before and After"
· Edith Wharton, writer
· Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer
· James Taylor, musician
- Tanglewood Jazz Festival - Aug. 31- Sept. 2, 2007
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 1880's, left their fingerprints, if not their money, all over town.
-- The New York Times, March 19, 2004
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9% of Lenox residents report German ancestry, and 17% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Lenox ancestry & family history guide.
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Lenox was $23,263, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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48% of Lenox residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
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- Tanglewood Jazz Festival - Aug. 31- Sept. 2, 2007
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Median rent in Lenox, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $613. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,151.
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The average commute time for Lenox workers is 15 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
Hotels in Lenox include Canyon Ranch In the Berkshires, Days Inn, Econo Lodge Lenox, Howard Johnson Express Inn, Knights Inn Lenox, Village Inn, Yankee Inn Home Comfort.
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