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Bennington, VT

9,245 Population
4.8 square miles 1,915 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 46.9 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,705 ±$3,609 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: $46,487 ±$2,829
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,257 ±$12,150 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: $73,325 ±$4,802
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.4% ±4.6% (1,016  ±419) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 11.3% † 4,123 (±2% / ±728)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±3.8 (60,835  ±16,578) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 20.3 291,590 (±1.1 / ±21,278)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,043 ±313 Number of households
  • the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 14,987 ±334
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (8,807  ±564) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 2.4 36,218 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • a little less than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.9% ±5.8% (184  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 4.6% † 347 (±1.9% / ±139)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,340 ±281 Number of housing units
  • the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 20,903 ±44
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$191,700 ±$27,873 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: $279,900 ±$10,267
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.8% ±4.1% (1,073  ±373.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 9.2% † 3,389 (±1.3% / ±494.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.5% ±7.7% (6,389  ±705.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 94.4% 25,523 (±3.9% / ±1,064.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.5% ±5.7% (2,407  ±433.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 41.8% 11,314 (±2.4% / ±650.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • a little less 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

2.8% ±1.3% (263  ±124) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 2.7% 1,014
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±3% (723  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bennington, VT Micro Area: 7.4% † 2,244 (±1.2% / ±359)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
723 Total veterans ±237 671 Male ±233 52 Female ±49

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