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Shaftsbury town, Bennington County, VT

3,599 Population
43 square miles 83.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±8.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bennington County: 46.6 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Vermont: 43 ±0.2

Economics

$49,465 ±$11,133 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bennington County: $43,214 ±$2,302
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Vermont: $44,365 ±$525
$103,247 ±$20,733 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Bennington County: $71,494 ±$4,402
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Vermont: $78,024 ±$1,357

7.2% ±3.9% (258  ±140) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bennington County: 11.4% † 4,128 (±1.6% / ±593)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 10.3% 63,902 (±0.4% / ±2,288)

20.4 minutes ±3.9 (30,825  ±7,889) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bennington County: 18.9 288,100 (±0.9 / ±19,504)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vermont: 23.4 6,579,490 (±0.1 / ±81,792)

Families

1,307 ±136 Number of households
  • Bennington County: 14,636 ±360
  • Vermont: 269,466 ±1,559
2.8 ±0.3 (3,599  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bennington County: 2.5 36,148 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 620,334

2.8% ±3.3% (18  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bennington County: 3.1% † 241 (±1.2% / ±92)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 4% 5,652 (±0.4% / ±530)

Housing

1,656 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Bennington County: 20,877 ±37
  • Vermont: 337,072 ±133

$261,700 ±$28,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Bennington County: $257,400 ±$11,859
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $290,500 ±$2,466

6.5% ±4.1% (233  ±145.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bennington County: 9.1% † 3,384 (±1.3% / ±467.3)
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 12.2% 78,305 (±0.5% / ±2,940.1)

Social

93% ±13.8% (2,394  ±388.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bennington County: 94.2% 25,362 (±3.9% / ±1,047.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 94.5% 437,670 (±0.8% / ±3,850.8)
41% ±8.7% (1,055  ±235.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bennington County: 41.2% 11,088 (±2.3% / ±628.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 42.6% 197,369 (±0.6% / ±2,637.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.6% (15  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Bennington County: 2.4% 885
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,968

4% ±2.4% (110  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Bennington County: 8% † 2,415 (±1.3% / ±393)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 6.5% 34,076 (±0.2% / ±1,086)
110 Total veterans ±67 110 Male ±67 N/A Female ±10

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