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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-LENNOX-CA · Lennox, CA 20,289 pop · income 36th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Lennox
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lennox on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Monroe · lowest
59,532
Monroe · lowest
59,532 median HH income
26.9% of the leader · rank #1
Rochester · near
60,304
Rochester · near
60,304 median HH income
27.2% of the leader · rank #2
Franklin Furn… · near
60,306
Franklin Furn… · near
60,306 median HH income
27.2% of the leader · rank #3
Lennox · this city
60,307
Lennox · this city
60,307 median HH income
27.2% of the leader · rank #4
Leisure Villa… · near
60,309
Leisure Villa… · near
60,309 median HH income
27.2% of the leader · rank #5
Chesterfield · near
60,313
Chesterfield · near
60,313 median HH income
27.2% of the leader · rank #6
La Cañada Fli… · highest
221,451
La Cañada Fli… · highest
221,451 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Lennox on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 20,289.
Nationally, Lennox sits in the 36th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
36th
percentile, household income
92nd
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Lennox, CA
California's Lennox is a small city, with 20,289 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $60,307 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 13.1%. Lennox's housing stock carries a median value of $677,600, and the median resident age is 34.5 years. 11.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 65.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 7 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, California scores 110.7 (Well Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,053 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 27.3 minutes, with 66.6% driving alone and 4.8% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 88.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lennox's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lennox, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Lennox?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 11.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 13.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lennox?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within California, the closest population matches are East Hemet (20,292 residents, $80,621 income); Lomita (20,409 residents, $92,920 income); La Cañada Flintridge (20,094 residents, $221,451 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Howard, WI (20,261 residents); Westminster, MD (20,257 residents); Morristown, NJ (20,256 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Lennox?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 27.3 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 11.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Below median income · poverty 13.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · Lennox, CA
21/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income F
$60,307
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
13.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
11.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Lennox profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 35/100 (F) · $60,307
Poverty rate: 27/100 (F) · 13.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 12/100 (F) · 11.9%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Lennox compare to other US cities?
Lennox measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income36% higher than other cities
Home value92% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Lennox against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Lennox near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lennox ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lennox only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,055 of 1,338
21st percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#465 of 1,343
65th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#362 of 1,450
75th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,154 of 1,458
21st percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
36th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lennox's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$677,6008th percentilemore affordable than 8% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Lennox's home-value-to-income ratio: 11.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,429 of 15,516
More affordable than 1% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,299 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 11.2×, Lennox sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,429 of 15,516 and #3,299 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$60,307Lennox, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lennox, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Lennox, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)11.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
20,289
Median Income
$60,307
Median Home Value
$677,600
Median Age
34.5
Poverty Rate
13.1%
Labor force participation
65.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.9%
Schools
Total Schools
7
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
27.3 minutes
Drive Alone
66.6%
Carpool
14.5%
Public Transit
5.6%
Walk
2.1%
Work from Home
4.8%
Other
6.4%
Based on 9,881 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for Lennox. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Lennox is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Lennox sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lennox compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.