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Census Tract 9708, Bennington, 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 three-quarters of the figure in South Shaftsbury: 59.6 † ±12.7
  • 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

Economics

$48,692 ±$12,279 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Shaftsbury: $38,597 † ±$18,763
  • a little higher than the amount in Bennington County: $46,487 ±$2,829
  • a little higher than the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
$86,071 ±$24,478 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Shaftsbury: $61,161 † ±$14,873
  • 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

9.6% ±5.3% (341  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in South Shaftsbury: 3.5% † 20 (±5.5% / ±33)
  • 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)

24.6 minutes ±7.1 (35,930  ±12,083) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in South Shaftsbury: 47.7 † 13,940 (±33.1 / ±11,808)
  • 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)

Families

1,280 ±161 Number of households
  • South Shaftsbury: 225 † ±104
  • Bennington County: 14,987 ±334
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
2.8 ±0.4 (3,607  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Shaftsbury: 2.5 † 566 (±0.6 / ±297)
  • 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

2.8% ±3.5% (17  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Shaftsbury: 12.7% † 8 (±18.9% / ±14)
  • 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)

Housing

1,595 ±168 Number of housing units
  • South Shaftsbury: 240 † ±100
  • Bennington County: 20,903 ±44
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187

$267,300 ±$24,385 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Shaftsbury: $228,600 † ±$65,854
  • 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

8% ±4.3% (289  ±155.8) Moved since previous year
  • South Shaftsbury: 0%
  • 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)

Social

93.5% ±14.1% (2,259  ±373.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Shaftsbury: 100% † 419 (±60.7% / ±164.7)
  • 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)
40.9% ±9.3% (989  ±233.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Shaftsbury: 27.9% † 117 (±15.6% / ±85)
  • 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)

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

0.7% ±0.9% (25  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • South Shaftsbury: 0%
  • 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

2.6% ±2.1% (69  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in South Shaftsbury: 4.9% † 22 (±7.6% / ±36)
  • 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)
69 Total veterans ±56 69 Male ±56 N/A Female ±10

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