Bennington vs North Bennington

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

Bennington and North 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 1,342 in North Bennington). North Bennington has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $53,839 in Bennington). North Bennington has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $185,100 in Bennington).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	North Bennington
Population	8,888	1,342
Median age	45.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,839	$67,500
Median home value	$185,100	$275,000
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,500
Housing units	4,135	380
Homeownership rate	56.3%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	North Bennington
Population	8,629 → 8,888 (+3.0%)	1,715 → 1,342 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$48,426 → $53,839 (+11.2%)	$53,603 → $67,500 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $185,100 (+18.4%)	$199,000 → $275,000 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,095 (+31.8%)	$952 → $1,500 (+57.6%)

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

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)

	Bennington	North Bennington
Under 5	3.2%	1.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	12.0%	29.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	6.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.3%
75 and over	12.4%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	North Bennington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	North Bennington
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	North Bennington
Drove alone	73.1%	46.2%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	25.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.5%
Worked from home	8.9%	18.5%
Other means	2.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	North Bennington
1-unit, detached	56.7%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	28.9%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.8%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	North Bennington
Poverty rate	12.4%	8.5%
Average household size	2.22	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1957	1952