North Pownal vs Old Bennington

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

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

North Pownal has the higher population (345 vs 153 in Old Bennington). Old Bennington has the higher median household income ($154,375 vs $71,250 in North Pownal). Old Bennington has the higher median home value ($394,600 vs $196,400 in North Pownal).

Population, income & housing

	North Pownal	Old Bennington
Population	345	153
Median age	60.8 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$154,375
Median home value	$196,400	$394,600
Housing units	120	80
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	79.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Pownal	Old Bennington
Population	478 → 345 (-27.8%)	191 → 153 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $71,250 (+12.5%)	$125,208 → $154,375 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $196,400 (+17.0%)	$358,700 → $394,600 (+10.0%)

North Pownal

Population

478345

Median household income

$63,333$71,250

Median home value

$167,900$196,400

Old Bennington

Population

191153

Median household income

$125,208$154,375

Median home value

$358,700$394,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Pownal	Old Bennington
Under 5	1.7%	12.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	5.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	19.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	24.2%
75 and over	33.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Pownal	Old Bennington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	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	7.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Pownal	Old Bennington
No high school diploma	3.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.3%	3.2%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	54.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Pownal	Old Bennington
Drove alone	83.3%	46.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	39.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Pownal	Old Bennington
1-unit, detached	81.7%	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	18.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Pownal	Old Bennington
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1960	1938