Arlington vs North Bennington

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (1,871 vs 1,342 in North Bennington). Arlington has the higher median household income ($73,164 vs $67,500 in North Bennington). North Bennington has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $231,800 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	North Bennington
Population	1,871	1,342
Median age	35.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,164	$67,500
Median home value	$231,800	$275,000
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,500
Housing units	677	380
Homeownership rate	70.2%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	North Bennington
Population	1,452 → 1,871 (+28.9%)	1,715 → 1,342 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$57,708 → $73,164 (+26.8%)	$53,603 → $67,500 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $231,800 (+14.5%)	$199,000 → $275,000 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,090 (+23.2%)	$952 → $1,500 (+57.6%)

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

North Bennington

Population

1,7151,342

Median household income

$53,603$67,500

Median home value

$199,000$275,000

Median gross rent

$952$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	North Bennington
Under 5	7.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	29.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	18.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	6.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.3%
75 and over	5.1%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	North Bennington
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	North Bennington
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	25.5%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	North Bennington
Drove alone	66.0%	46.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	25.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	23.1%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	North Bennington
1-unit, detached	79.2%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	North Bennington
Poverty rate	9.3%	8.5%
Average household size	3.24	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1954	1952