About Lanesborough

Lanesborough is a very small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 2,990 people and just one neighborhood, Lanesborough is the 287th largest community in Massachusetts.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lanesborough is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lanesborough is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lanesborough who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.57%), sales jobs (12.32%), and management occupations (7.52%).

Also of interest is that Lanesborough has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Lanesborough is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Lanesborough really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Lanesborough perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Being a small town, Lanesborough does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lanesborough Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Lanesborough citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.80% of adults in Lanesborough have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Lanesborough in 2000 was $21,106, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,424 for a family of four.

The people who call Lanesborough home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lanesborough is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lanesborough include Italian, Irish, English, German, French, Polish, French Canadian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Lanesborough is English.