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Benson town, Rutland County, VT

770 Population
43.9 square miles 17.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rutland County: 47.7 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 43 ±0.2

Economics

$43,072 ±$8,249 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rutland County: $38,902 ±$1,198
  • a little less than the amount in Vermont: $44,365 ±$525
$75,461 ±$9,487 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rutland County: $64,778 ±$2,933
  • a little less than the amount in Vermont: $78,024 ±$1,357

6.5% ±2% (50  ±18) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Rutland County: 12% † 7,068 (±1.4% / ±804)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 10.3% 63,902 (±0.4% / ±2,288)

30.3 minutes ±10.1 (8,515  ±1,888) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rutland County: 22.8 581,995 (±0.9 / ±30,463)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Vermont: 23.4 6,579,490 (±0.1 / ±81,792)

Families

325 ±53 Number of households
  • Rutland County: 25,448 ±425
  • Vermont: 269,466 ±1,559
2.3 ±0.2 (759  ±140) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rutland County: 2.3 58,408 (±0 / ±81)
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 2.3 620,334

6.9% ±5.6% (7  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rutland County: 4.2% † 500 (±1.1% / ±134)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 4% 5,652 (±0.4% / ±530)

Housing

443 ±65 Number of housing units
  • Rutland County: 33,974 ±83
  • Vermont: 337,072 ±133

$221,200 ±$35,545 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rutland County: $218,400 ±$5,908
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vermont: $290,500 ±$2,466

10.8% ±10.2% (82  ±78.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rutland County: 8.3% † 4,989 (±1% / ±602.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vermont: 12.2% 78,305 (±0.5% / ±2,940.1)

Social

91.5% ±20.8% (527  ±82.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutland County: 93.7% 42,238 (±2.7% / ±1,209.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 94.5% 437,670 (±0.8% / ±3,850.8)
33.2% ±7.8% (191  ±54.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutland County: 33.5% 15,112 (±1.6% / ±722)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vermont: 42.6% 197,369 (±0.6% / ±2,637.6)

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

0.7% ±0.8% (5  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Rutland County: 2% 1,214
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,968

11% ±4% (72  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rutland County: 7.4% † 3,685 (±0.8% / ±401)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 6.5% 34,076 (±0.2% / ±1,086)
72 Total veterans ±29 69 Male ±29 3 Female ±5

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