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01238

Lee, MA · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
5,944
Median household income
$84,591
People below poverty
7%
Median home value
$355,700

Income

The median income of households in 01238 was $84,591. An estimated 1.8% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 14.6% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 1.8
$10,000 to $14,999 2.6
$15,000 to $24,999 11.5
$25,000 to $34,999 7.2
$35,000 to $49,999 9.6
$50,000 to $74,999 11.9
$75,000 to $99,999 12.4
$100,000 to $149,999 17.7
$150,000 to $199,999 10.7
$200,000 or more 14.6

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 78839
Female 69868

An estimated 66.2% of households received earnings. An estimated 48.8% of households received Social Security and an estimated 40.9 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $22,661. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 66.2
Social Security 48.8
Retirement income 40.9
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 2.5
Cash public assistance income 0.6

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 7 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 15.3% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 6.7% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 5.2% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 7
Children under 18 years below poverty 15.3
People 65 years old and over below poverty 6.7
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 5.2

In 2020-2024, 9.5 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 18.9% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 46.9% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 8.7% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 01238 in 2020-2024, 99.6% had health insurance coverage and 0.4% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 78% and public coverage was 46.5%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.


In 2020-2024, 01238 had a total population of 5,944 - 3,187 (53.6%) females and 2,757 (46.4%) males. The median age was 54.7 years. An estimated 12.7% of the population was under 18 years, 25.8% was 19 to 44 years, 27.6% was 45 to 64 years, and 32.4 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 01238 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 54 61
5 to 9 79 48
10 to 14 178 66
15 to 19 116 242
20 to 24 162 104
25 to 29 107 192
30 to 34 111 98
35 to 39 175 149
40 to 44 234 203
45 to 49 118 134
50 to 54 137 227
55 to 59 266 218
60 to 64 316 223
65 to 69 200 216
70 to 74 170 169
75 to 79 98 388
80 to 84 135 252
85 and over 101 197

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 89.2% were White; 0% were Black or African American; 8.1% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 3.5% were Asian; 0% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 4.2% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 4% of the people in 01238 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 88.1% of the people in 01238 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 2,883 households in 01238. The average household size was 1.98 people.

Married-couple households made up 37.1% of the households in 01238 while cohabiting couple households made up 14.4% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 30% of all households, while 18.5% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 15.3% of households were male householders living alone, and 27.1% were female householders living alone, for a total of 42.4% of all households.

In 01238, 16% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 50.4% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 37.1
Cohabiting Couples 14.4
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
18.5
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
30

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 48.9% of males and 41.1% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 30 32.2
Now married, except separated 48.9 41.1
Separated 0.8 0
Widowed 2 14.1
Divorced 18.4 12.7

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 01238, 34 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 35.3% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 92.6% of the people living in 01238 were U.S. natives. 61.5% of the 01238 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 7.4% of 01238 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 55.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 80 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 01238 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 01238.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 16.6
Asia 38.6
Europe 30.2
Africa 0
Northern America 14.5
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 01238 in 2020-2024, 7.7 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 2.4% of people at least five years old; 1.2% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 2.4
Other Indo-European languages 3
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 2.4
Other languages 0

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 87.2 % of the people at least one year old living in 01238 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 87.2
Different house, same county 4.9
Different county, same state 3.5
Different state 4
Abroad 0.5

Education

In 2020-2024, 98.4 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 45.1% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 1.5% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 01238 was 849 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 30 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 520. College or graduate school enrollment was 299.

Educational Attainment of People in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 1.5
High school diploma or equivalency 29.8
Some college, no degree 16.5
Associate's degree 7
Bachelor's degree 21
Graduate or professional degree 24.1

Disability

In 01238, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 18.1 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 9.9% of people under 18 years old, to 12.7% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 30.8% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 01238, 57.1 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 40.6% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 66.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 20.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 13.3 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 2,036 66.2
Federal, state, or local government workers 633 20.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 408 13.3

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 01238 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1.6
Construction 5.8
Manufacturing 5.8
Wholesale trade 0.6
Retail trade 6.4
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 5.8
Information 2.9
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 3.4
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 10.6
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 34.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 9.7
Other Services, except public administration 7.5
Public administration 5.1

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 01238 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 1,740 56.5
Service occupations 557 18.1
Sales and office occupations 381 12.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 262 8.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 137 4.5

Commuting to Work

An estimated 66.6% of 01238 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 10.2% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 18.9 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 66.6
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 10.2
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 1.2
Walked 5
Other means 0.2
Worked from home 16.8

In 2020-2024, 01238 had a total of 3,264 housing units. Of these housing units, 73.1% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 26.6% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0.3% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 73.1
Apartments in multi-unit structures 26.6
Mobile homes 0.3
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

3.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 27.9% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 01238 was 5.8 rooms, and of these housing units 69.1% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 01238 had 2,883 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 381 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 71.7% while renters occupied 28.3%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.02 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.88.

4.3% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 22.3% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 8.2% and another 12.5% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 01238:

House Heating Fuel Used in 01238 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 56.6
Electricity 18.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 19
All other fuels 6.3
No fuel used 0

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 01238 was $355,700.

Of the owner-occupied households, 66.4 % had a mortgage. 33.6% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,845 and for owners without a mortgage it was $1,042.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 01238 was $1,374. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.