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North Bennington is a small town of 1,336 people in Bennington County, Vermont. It's about 32 miles from Pittsfield, MA and 85 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 85 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $313k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,336people
$313kTypical home
$1,447/moRent
81° / 33°Summer / winter
85"Snow
208Sunny days
149Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,336
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 713 people per sq mi
- 85 mi to Hartford, CT
- 32 mi to Pittsfield, MA
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $313k (≈$1,974/mo)
- Median rent $1,447/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 1.8% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 208 sunny days a year (54 totally clear)
- 157 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 149 days a year with rain or snow
- 85" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 32 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (239 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (810 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 21% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 42% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 17% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 14% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to ALB airport
- 31 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 30 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1957
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 676 ft
- 113 mi to the ocean
- 58 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 19 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 198 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 14 bars within 25 mi
- 43 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 35 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of Vermont districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Bennington County: D+22 in 2024
- Vermont: D+32 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk