Photo: Nheyob · CC BY-SA 3.0More than half of Old Bennington’s working residents commute to Bennington
Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, where Vermont has 24 and the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 47% of workers, where Vermont as a whole has 17%. Hardly any work in Old Bennington itself; outside it, Bennington draws the most (52%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Old Bennington on a workday afternoon
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 87 people are in Old Bennington on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Old Bennington’s residents
Where Old Bennington clocks in
52% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Old Bennington
29 jobs are based in Old Bennington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Old Bennington, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 29. 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 Old Bennington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Old Bennington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Old Bennington workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 47% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Old Bennington commutes
About 22% 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.
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 Old Bennington: questions
What is the median household income in Old Bennington?
$168,750 (±$53,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Old Bennington?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Old Bennington?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 47% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Old Bennington work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Old Bennington without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Old Bennington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Old 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.