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Bennington, VT
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Living in Bennington



Bennington is a medium-sized town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 15,178 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bennington is the sixth largest community in Vermont. Bennington has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Also of interest is that Bennington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.87% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.34 minutes getting to work every day.

The education level of Bennington citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.51% of adults in Bennington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bennington in 2018 was $33,132, which is low income relative to Vermont, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,528 for a family of four. However, Bennington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bennington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bennington residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bennington include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Bennington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.