Old Bennington vs Readsboro

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

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

Readsboro has the higher population (299 vs 153 in Old Bennington). Old Bennington has the higher median household income ($154,375 vs $43,472 in Readsboro). Old Bennington has the higher median home value ($394,600 vs $160,400 in Readsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Old Bennington	Readsboro
Population	153	299
Median age	54.8 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$154,375	$43,472
Median home value	$394,600	$160,400
Median gross rent	—	$701
Housing units	80	186
Homeownership rate	95.9%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.8%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Bennington	Readsboro
Population	191 → 153 (-19.9%)	271 → 299 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$125,208 → $154,375 (+23.3%)	$29,732 → $43,472 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$358,700 → $394,600 (+10.0%)	$110,600 → $160,400 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$332 → $701 (+111.1%)

Old Bennington

Population

191153

Median household income

$125,208$154,375

Median home value

$358,700$394,600

Readsboro

Population

271299

Median household income

$29,732$43,472

Median home value

$110,600$160,400

Median gross rent

$332$701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Bennington	Readsboro
Under 5	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.7%	44.1%
25 to 34	4.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.6%	3.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	18.7%
65 to 74	24.2%	21.4%
75 and over	9.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Bennington	Readsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	100.0%
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	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Bennington	Readsboro
No high school diploma	3.2%	15.6%
High school graduate	3.2%	61.7%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	54.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Bennington	Readsboro
Drove alone	46.8%	99.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	5.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Bennington	Readsboro
1-unit, detached	96.3%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	29.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Old Bennington	Readsboro
Poverty rate	0.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938