Bennington County vs Orange County

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

Bennington County and Orange County are counties in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bennington County has the higher population (37,312 vs 29,594 in Orange County). Orange County has the higher median household income ($77,328 vs $71,494 in Bennington County). Bennington County has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $251,000 in Orange County).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington County	Orange County
Population	37,312	29,594
Median age	46.6 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,494	$77,328
Median home value	$257,400	$251,000
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,145
Housing units	20,877	15,021
Homeownership rate	75.7%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington County	Orange County
Population	35,746 → 37,312 (+4.4%)	28,908 → 29,594 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$56,183 → $71,494 (+27.3%)	$60,925 → $77,328 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$207,600 → $257,400 (+24.0%)	$192,700 → $251,000 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $1,063 (+30.9%)	$898 → $1,145 (+27.5%)

Bennington County

Population

35,74637,312

Median household income

$56,183$71,494

Median home value

$207,600$257,400

Median gross rent

$812$1,063

Orange County

Population

28,90829,594

Median household income

$60,925$77,328

Median home value

$192,700$251,000

Median gross rent

$898$1,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennington County	Orange County
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.5%
75 and over	10.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington County	Orange County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington County	Orange County
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington County	Orange County
Drove alone	72.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	4.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.2%	14.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington County	Orange County
1-unit, detached	74.7%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Bennington County	Orange County
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1971	1977