Dorset vs Old Bennington

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

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

Dorset has the higher population (349 vs 153 in Old Bennington). Old Bennington has the higher median household income ($154,375 vs $148,385 in Dorset). Dorset has the higher median home value ($482,400 vs $394,600 in Old Bennington).

Population, income & housing

	Dorset	Old Bennington
Population	349	153
Median age	60.6 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$148,385	$154,375
Median home value	$482,400	$394,600
Housing units	321	80
Homeownership rate	97.2%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	95.6%	79.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorset	Old Bennington
Population	213 → 349 (+63.8%)	191 → 153 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$87,368 → $148,385 (+69.8%)	$125,208 → $154,375 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$340,400 → $482,400 (+41.7%)	$358,700 → $394,600 (+10.0%)

Dorset

Population

213349

Median household income

$87,368$148,385

Median home value

$340,400$482,400

Old Bennington

Population

191153

Median household income

$125,208$154,375

Median home value

$358,700$394,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorset	Old Bennington
Under 5	8.3%	12.4%
5 to 17	7.7%	5.9%
18 to 24	12.3%	0.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	16.9%	19.6%
45 to 54	1.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	27.8%	24.2%
75 and over	17.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorset	Old Bennington
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorset	Old Bennington
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	2.0%	3.2%
Some college or associate's	2.4%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	56.4%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	39.2%	54.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorset	Old Bennington
Drove alone	36.9%	46.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	34.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	39.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorset	Old Bennington
1-unit, detached	94.7%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorset	Old Bennington
Poverty rate	5.4%	0.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938