The median owner-occupied home in Bennington County had a real-estate tax bill of $4,396 (± $112) a year, compared with $4,956 in Vermont and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $257,400 (± $11,859), compared with $290,500 in Vermont and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Bennington County | Vermont | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 37,312 | 645,254 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $4,396 ± $112 | $4,956 ± $48 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $257,400 ± $11,859 | $290,500 ± $2,466 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $71,494 ± $4,402 | $78,024 ± $1,357 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.71% ± 0.09 points | 1.71% ± 0.02 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 75.7% ± 2.0 points | 72.8% ± 0.5 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 39.7% ± 2.4 points | 35.2% ± 0.4 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 24.7% ± 2.8 points | 24.6% ± 0.7 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Bennington County (3)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Bennington County (12)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Arlington
- Bennington
- Dorset
- East Dorset
- Manchester Center
- North Pownal
- Pownal
- Pownal Center
- Readsboro
- South Shaftsbury
- Stamford
- Stratton Mountain (partly in this county)
Towns and townships in Bennington County (16)
- Arlington
- Bennington
- Dorset
- Landgrove
- Manchester
- Peru
- Pownal
- Readsboro
- Rupert
- Sandgate
- Searsburg
- Shaftsbury
- Stamford
- Sunderland
- Winhall
- Woodford
Other named communities in Bennington County (43)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Barnumville
- Beartown
- Bondville
- Bouplon Corner
- Bourne Brook
- Bromley Village
- Chiselville
- East Arlington
- East Kansas
- East Rupert
- Fayville
- Forest Farms
- Freedleyville
- French Hollow
- Glastenbury
- Haines Manor
- Heartwellville
- Hidden Valley
- Intervale
- Kansas
- Landgrove Town Center
- MacIntyre
- Manchester Depot
- Mountain View Estates
- North Dorset
- North Landgrove
- North Rupert
- Paper Mill Village
- Piper Ridge
- Readsboro Falls
- Richville
- Shaftsbury Center
- Sodom
- South Dorset
- Stocker Acres
- Stratton Acres
- Stratton Valley
- Strattonwald
- Vermont Ventures
- Village of Alpenwald
- West Arlington
- West Rupert
- West Sandgate