Arlington vs Bennington

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

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

Bennington has the higher population (8,888 vs 1,871 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median household income ($73,164 vs $53,839 in Bennington). Arlington has the higher median home value ($231,800 vs $185,100 in Bennington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Bennington
Population	1,871	8,888
Median age	35.8 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,164	$53,839
Median home value	$231,800	$185,100
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,095
Housing units	677	4,135
Homeownership rate	70.2%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Bennington
Population	1,452 → 1,871 (+28.9%)	8,629 → 8,888 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$57,708 → $73,164 (+26.8%)	$48,426 → $53,839 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $231,800 (+14.5%)	$156,400 → $185,100 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,090 (+23.2%)	$831 → $1,095 (+31.8%)

Arlington

Population

1,4521,871

Median household income

$57,708$73,164

Median home value

$202,500$231,800

Median gross rent

$885$1,090

Bennington

Population

8,6298,888

Median household income

$48,426$53,839

Median home value

$156,400$185,100

Median gross rent

$831$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Bennington
Under 5	7.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	12.3%	12.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	18.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.1%
75 and over	5.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Bennington
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Bennington
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	25.5%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Bennington
Drove alone	66.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	4.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.1%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Bennington
1-unit, detached	79.2%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	28.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Bennington
Poverty rate	9.3%	12.4%
Average household size	3.24	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1954	1957