† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBennington, VTVermontUnited States
English19.3%19.1%9.5%
Irish18.6%16.8%9.4%
German13.0%10.7%12.5%
Italian10.2%7.4%4.8%
American8.0%7.0%5.3%
French7.6%8.6%1.6%
French Canadian4.0%6.2%—
Scottish3.9%3.0%1.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.5%1.8%
Mexican0.7%0.6%11.3%
Colombian0.5%—0.4%
Ecuadorian0.2%——
African American†0.9%0.4%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bennington, VT
Vermont
United States
Median age
46.9
43.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.3%
21.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bennington, VT
Vermont
United States
Median household income
$73,325
$81,203
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.8%
44.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bennington, VT
Vermont
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.7%
5.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
1.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bennington, VT
Vermont
United States
Catholic
22.5%
20.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.5%
7.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.4%
62.4%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.3%
5.6%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bennington, VT
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−30.4%
1896
−63.3%
1900
−50.2%
1904
−51.4%
1908
−51.2%
1912
−10.0%
1916
−23.5%
1920
−43.8%
1924
−52.9%
1928
−27.2%
1932
−13.7%
1936
−13.7%
1940
−15.1%
1944
−17.2%
1948
−26.7%
1952
−46.9%
1956
−51.2%
1960
−22.4%
1964
+30.8%
1968
−8.8%
1972
−22.0%
1976
−10.2%
1980
−5.3%
1984
−19.6%
1988
−7.7%
1992
+12.5%
1996
+18.0%
2000
+9.8%
2004
+18.1%
2008
+33.4%
2012
+33.1%
2016
+20.8%
2020
+27.3%
2024
+22.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.5%Harris12,326
37.2%Trump7,697
1.5%Kennedy302 +6
D+22.4
R+5.0
D+23.8
20,710
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic59.5%12,326
Donald J TrumpRepublican37.2%7,697
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.5%302
OtherAll other candidates0.7%136
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%87
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%68
Cornel WestIndependent0.3%64
SpoiledIndependent0.1%22
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%8
D
62.1%Biden12,705
34.8%Trump7,114
3.1%
D+27.3
D+6.5
D+22.9
20,462
D
54.9%Clinton9,539
34.1%Trump5,925
11.0%
D+20.8
R+12.3
D+18.7
17,381
D
65.4%Obama11,514
32.3%Romney5,687
2.2%
D+33.1
R+0.3
D+29.3
17,593
D
65.5%Obama12,524
32.1%McCain6,133
2.5%
D+33.4
D+15.3
D+26.1
19,129
D
58.1%Kerry11,069
39.9%Bush7,616
2.0%
D+18.1
D+8.3
D+20.6
19,065
D
51.0%Gore9,021
41.2%Bush7,284
7.8%
D+9.8
R+8.2
D+9.3
17,677
D
50.4%Clinton8,139
32.4%Dole5,229
17.2%
D+18.0
D+5.5
D+9.5
16,152
D
44.9%Clinton8,178
32.4%Bush5,895
22.7%
D+12.5
D+20.2
D+7.0
18,216
R
45.6%Dukakis7,174
53.3%Bush8,387
1.0%
R+7.7
D+11.9
±0.0
15,725
R
39.5%Mondale6,039
59.1%Reagan9,035
1.4%
R+19.6
R+14.3
R+1.4
15,284
R
39.1%Carter5,361
44.4%Reagan6,091
16.5%
R+5.3
D+4.9
D+4.4
13,721
R
43.9%Carter5,443
54.2%Ford6,712
1.9%
R+10.2
D+11.7
R+12.3
12,387
R
38.6%McGovern4,804
60.6%Nixon7,542
0.9%
R+22.0
R+13.2
D+1.2
12,453
R
43.5%Humphrey4,966
52.3%Nixon5,967
4.2%
R+8.8
R+39.5
R+8.1
11,416
D
65.4%Johnson7,359
34.6%Goldwater3,895
0.0%
D+30.8
D+53.2
D+8.2
11,254
R
38.8%Kennedy4,502
61.2%Nixon7,099
0.0%
R+22.4
D+28.8
R+22.5
11,602
R
24.4%Stevenson2,719
75.6%Eisenhower8,434
0.0%
R+51.2
R+4.3
R+35.8
11,157
R
26.4%Stevenson3,018
73.3%Eisenhower8,385
0.3%
R+46.9
R+20.3
R+36.2
11,437
R
35.6%Truman3,340
62.3%Dewey5,840
2.1%
R+26.7
R+9.5
R+31.2
9,374
R
41.4%Roosevelt3,709
58.6%Dewey5,252
0.0%
R+17.2
R+2.1
R+24.7
8,961
R
42.3%Roosevelt4,308
57.4%Willkie5,845
0.3%
R+15.1
R+1.4
R+25.0
10,180
R
42.4%Roosevelt4,166
56.1%Landon5,515
1.6%
R+13.7
R+0.1
R+38.0
9,834
R
42.1%Roosevelt3,964
55.8%Hoover5,250
2.1%
R+13.7
D+13.5
R+31.4
9,416
R
36.3%Smith3,498
63.5%Hoover6,114
0.2%
R+27.2
D+25.7
R+9.7
9,630
R
20.0%Davis1,466
72.9%Coolidge5,341
7.1%
R+52.9
R+9.1
R+27.7
7,325
R
27.6%Cox1,615
71.4%Harding4,172
0.9%
R+43.8
R+20.3
R+17.6
5,841
R
36.9%Wilson1,590
60.4%Hughes2,602
2.7%
R+23.5
R+13.5
R+26.6
4,308
O
26.1%Wilson1,057
36.1%Taft1,464
37.8%
Roosevelt +1.7
D+41.2
R+29.6
4,055
R
22.5%Bryan748
73.7%Taft2,453
3.9%
R+51.2
D+0.2
R+41.6
3,330
R
22.9%Parker745
74.3%Roosevelt2,419
2.8%
R+51.4
R+1.2
R+31.7
3,256
R
24.4%Bryan871
74.6%McKinley2,666
1.1%
R+50.2
D+13.1
R+42.7
3,575
R
17.1%Bryan656
80.4%McKinley3,086
2.5%
R+63.3
R+32.9
R+57.2
3,839
R
33.8%Cleveland1,155
64.2%Harrison2,196
2.0%
R+30.4
—
R+32.1
3,420
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
58.5%11,831
32.6%6,597
20,237
2022
D
63.3%10,075
31.0%4,937
15,908
2018
D
60.9%8,971
26.6%3,910
14,722
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Bennington, VT
Year
Total registered
2016
32,875
2018
26,993
2020
33,253
2022
27,847
2024
34,069
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−112 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −364 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Bennington, VT in Bennington, VT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−159
2012
−103
2013
+17
2014
−269
2015
−17
2016
−132
2017
−158
2018
−31
2019
+60
2021
+308
2022
+158
2023
+47
2024
+27
2025
−112
Bennington County anchors Vermont's most competitive corner, where small manufacturing towns and a historic arts college produce an electorate that swings more than the rest of the state's reliably left-leaning landscape.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.4 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 63.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.4 points.
A population of 37,269, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,325 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Barre, VT and Brattleboro, VT.
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In 2024, Bennington, VT, Vermont voted Democratic by 22.4 points (D+22.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 20,710 votes cast, 12,326 went Democratic and 7,697 went Republican.
When did Bennington, VT, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bennington, VT, Vermont voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Bennington, VT, Vermont?
Bennington, VT, Vermont has a population of 37,269 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bennington, VT, Vermont?
Median household income in Bennington, VT, Vermont is $73,325 — below the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Bennington, VT, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bennington, VT, Vermont from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
