Bennington vs Montpelier

A side-by-side comparison of Bennington and Montpelier: population, income, housing, and more.

Bennington and Montpelier are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montpelier has the higher population (2,681 vs 120 in Bennington). Bennington has the higher median household income ($101,058 vs $52,212 in Montpelier). Since 2019, Montpelier's population has grown faster (+6.5% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	Montpelier
Population	120	2,681
Median age	60.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,058	$52,212
Median home value	—	$185,600
Median gross rent	—	$639
Housing units	76	1,166
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	Montpelier
Population	130 → 120 (-7.7%)	2,518 → 2,681 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$88,224 → $101,058 (+14.5%)	$42,447 → $52,212 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$107,200 → $73,600 (-31.3%)	$116,500 → $185,600 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$552 → $639 (+15.8%)

Bennington

Population

130120

Median household income

$88,224$101,058

Median home value

$107,200$73,600

Montpelier

Population

2,5182,681

Median household income

$42,447$52,212

Median home value

$116,500$185,600

Median gross rent

$552$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennington	Montpelier
Under 5	11.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	13.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	23.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	25.8%	10.0%
75 and over	4.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	Montpelier
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	Montpelier
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.4%
High school graduate	33.3%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	Montpelier
Drove alone	100.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	Montpelier
1-unit, detached	96.1%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	Montpelier
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.4%
Average household size	2.93	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1938	1955