Bennington has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Jobs and income earn Bennington B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Bennington has 116 jobs; 1,222 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Bennington itself; outside it, Attica draws the most (8%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bennington in brief
Jobs & income in Bennington: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bennington is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #210 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Bennington’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bennington could be anywhere from B− to A.
Bennington by day and by night
On a workday 1,167 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Bennington on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Bennington goes to work
Where Bennington clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Bennington makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bennington, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 116. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bennington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bennington’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bennington workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,308 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Bennington’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Bennington: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bennington is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #757 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Bennington near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,462 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Bennington households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bennington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bennington is 1,073rd among 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,071 | Berwick Township PA | 2,475 | $85K | 8.3% | 2.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,072 | Abita Springs LA | 2,753 | $77K | 8.7% | 1.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,073 | Bennington NY | 3,175 | $89K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,074 | Trenton NY | 4,215 | $89K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,075 | Ruscombmanor Township PA | 4,077 | $103K | 4.9% | 5.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bennington, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 18% of Bennington
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bennington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington | – | B+ | D− | 33 min | $89,050 |
| Attica | 8% | B− | C | 24 min | $76,554 |
| Darien | under 3% | B− | D− | 24 min | $88,423 |
| Sheldon | under 3% | C | B− | 33 min | $71,214 |
| Wales | under 3% | A | C− | 25 min | $88,590 |
| Marilla | 4% | A | D | 28 min | $92,787 |
| Alden | 6% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $91,441 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Attica. Darker towns draw more of Bennington’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bennington: questions
What is the median household income in Bennington?
$89,050 (±$10,190) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bennington?
8.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bennington?
33 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bennington work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Attica (8%, 7 mi), Lancaster (7%, 14 mi), Batavia (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bennington walkable?
Bennington is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bennington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bennington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bennington
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.