County profile
Bennington County, VT
United States · GDP 2024
#1135 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,352
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,258
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,630
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$73.3k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
41.8%±2.7%
Poverty rate
11.3%±2.0%
Business applications
423 · 2025
Retail establishments
228
61.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade23%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation17%
Education11%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,630
residents · 2025 · -1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $70.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+428
International migration+241
Natural change−1,331
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$279.9k±$10.3k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
28.3%±1.6%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
$18.4M
56 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 83Landslide 80Hurricane 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2252016
2272017
2322018
2422019
2512020
2892021
3382022
3752023
3932024
4122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 2021772021
552022
592023
542024
562025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.8 km
I-91
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
VTR
Nearest port
60.2 km
TROY TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
54.0 km
FLOYD BENNETT MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bennington?
Bennington's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.