Bennington County, Vermont

Bennington County population, land area and income

Bennington County had 37,039 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 674.2 square miles of land. It ranks 8th of 14 in Vermont by population and 8th by land area. That works out to 54.9 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Vermont has 37,543 residents, about the same as Bennington County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $67,124 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Bennington County's population changed since 2020

Bennington County lost 273 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.7%. That ranks 14th of 14 in Vermont for growth. The median Vermont county changed by +1.2%, and the state as a whole by +0.9%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Bennington County recorded 1,099 births and 2,211 deaths, a natural change of -1,112. Net international migration added +280 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +536. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,112 people.

Where Bennington County is

The Census internal point of Bennington County is at 43.035300, -73.111500. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Vermont's 14 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Bennington County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Bennington County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Bennington County, 1,701 people together, or 5% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Bennington County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is North Bennington with 1,701.

Counties bordering Bennington County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Bennington County, including 4 across a state line. The most populous is Rensselaer County, NY, with 160,749 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NY

  Rensselaer County, NY

  160,749 people

  30 mi SW

• MA

  Berkshire County, MA

  128,726 people

  46 mi S

• MA

  Franklin County, MA

  70,871 people

  41 mi SE

• Rutland County

  60,198 people

  40 mi N

• NY

  Washington County, NY

  59,839 people

  25 mi NW

• Windsor County

  57,697 people

  45 mi NE

• Windham County

  45,627 people

  20 mi E

Distance to Montpelier and the nearest big city

Montpelier is 88.8 miles NNE of Bennington County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY (population 101,317), 43.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is North Adams, MA (population 12,492), 24.9 miles away.

Bennington County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Bennington County is 50003: state code 50 for Vermont plus county code 003. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $67,124.