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Bennington town, Bennington County, VT

15,249 Population
41.9 square miles 363.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bennington County: 46.9 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,637 ±$2,829 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bennington County: $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
$59,446 ±$7,440 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bennington County: $73,325 ±$4,802
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.2% ±3.7% (1,917  ±544) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bennington County: 11.3% † 4,123 (±2% / ±728)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.1 minutes ±2.5 (95,390  ±17,277) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bennington County: 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

6,358 ±335 Number of households
  • Bennington County: 14,987 ±334
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (14,332  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bennington County: 2.4 36,218 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±3.7% (240  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bennington County: 4.6% † 347 (±1.9% / ±139)
  • nearly double the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,997 ±288 Number of housing units
  • Bennington County: 20,903 ±44
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$213,300 ±$14,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bennington County: $279,900 ±$10,267
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±2.6% (1,687  ±397.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bennington County: 9.2% † 3,389 (±1.3% / ±494.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±6.4% (10,307  ±799.3) 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)
36.9% ±4.1% (4,100  ±477.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bennington County: 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 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

3.7% ±1.2% (567  ±179) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bennington County: 2.7% 1,014
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±2% (947  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Bennington County: 7.4% † 2,244 (±1.2% / ±359)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
947 Total veterans ±249 872 Male ±241 75 Female ±54

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