Bennington vs Pownal

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

Bennington and Pownal 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 587 in Pownal). Pownal has the higher median household income ($55,156 vs $53,839 in Bennington). Pownal has the higher median home value ($215,900 vs $185,100 in Bennington).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	Pownal
Population	8,888	587
Median age	45.9 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,839	$55,156
Median home value	$185,100	$215,900
Median gross rent	$1,095	—
Housing units	4,135	172
Homeownership rate	56.3%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	Pownal
Population	8,629 → 8,888 (+3.0%)	666 → 587 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$48,426 → $53,839 (+11.2%)	$56,771 → $55,156 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $185,100 (+18.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,095 (+31.8%)	—

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

Pownal

Population

666587

Median household income

$56,771$55,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennington	Pownal
Under 5	3.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	12.0%	28.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	5.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	1.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.8%
75 and over	12.4%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	Pownal
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	6.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	Pownal
No high school diploma	8.2%	13.8%
High school graduate	25.9%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	Pownal
Drove alone	73.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	22.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	Pownal
1-unit, detached	56.7%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	28.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	36.0%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	Pownal
Poverty rate	12.4%	21.6%
Average household size	2.22	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1957	1969