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Shaftsbury town, Bennington County, VT

3,607 Population
43 square miles 83.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bennington County: 46.9 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,692 ±$12,279 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bennington County: $46,487 ±$2,829
  • a little higher than the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,071 ±$24,478 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bennington County: $73,325 ±$4,802
  • a little higher than the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.6% ±5.3% (341  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bennington County: 11.3% † 4,123 (±2% / ±728)
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±7.1 (35,930  ±12,083) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bennington County: 20.3 291,590 (±1.1 / ±21,278)
  • a little higher than the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,280 ±161 Number of households
  • Bennington County: 14,987 ±334
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (3,607  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bennington County: 2.4 36,218 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±3.5% (17  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bennington County: 4.6% † 347 (±1.9% / ±139)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,595 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Bennington County: 20,903 ±44
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$267,300 ±$24,385 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bennington County: $279,900 ±$10,267
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±4.3% (289  ±155.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bennington County: 9.2% † 3,389 (±1.3% / ±494.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.5% ±14.1% (2,259  ±373.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bennington County: 94.4% 25,523 (±3.9% / ±1,064.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.9% ±9.3% (989  ±233.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bennington County: 41.8% 11,314 (±2.4% / ±650.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±0.9% (25  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bennington County: 2.7% 1,014
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.6% ±2.1% (69  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Bennington County: 7.4% † 2,244 (±1.2% / ±359)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
69 Total veterans ±56 69 Male ±56 N/A Female ±10

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