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Zip Code 05201 - Population, Income & Demographics

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πŸ’° Income         | πŸͺ™ Poverty

🚻 Age & Sex    | 🀝 Race

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πŸ’Ό Employment | 🏭 Industry     | 🏠 Housing

🌍 State: VT - Vermont

🏑 City: Bennington

πŸ—ΊοΈ County: Bennington County

⏰ Timezone: America/New_York

☎️ Area Codes: 518, 802, 838

Income

The median income of households in 05201 was $60,428. An estimated 6% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 6.7% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Less than $10,000 6
$10,000 to $14,999 5.9
$15,000 to $24,999 9
$25,000 to $34,999 11.2
$35,000 to $49,999 11
$50,000 to $74,999 16.9
$75,000 to $99,999 9.7
$100,000 to $149,999 14.8
$150,000 to $199,999 8.8
$200,000 or more 6.7

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Dollars
Male 51215
Female 49707

An estimated 65% of households received earnings. An estimated 39.8% of households received Social Security and an estimated 27.9 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $27,629. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Earnings 65
Social Security 39.8
Retirement income 27.9
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 13.8
Cash public assistance income 7.3

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2019-2023, 13.7 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 26.8% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 9.7% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 11.2% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
People in poverty 13.7
Children under 18 years below poverty 26.8
People 65 years old and over below poverty 9.7
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 11.2

In 2019-2023, 20.9 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 34.1% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 39.4% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 25.4% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 05201 in 2019-2023, 94.7% had health insurance coverage and 5.3% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 58.9% and public coverage was 52.5%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 6.2%.


In 2019-2023, 05201 had a total population of 14,966 - 7,746 (51.8%) females and 7,220 (48.2%) males. The median age was 45.6 years. An estimated 17.9% of the population was under 18 years, 28.7% was 19 to 44 years, 27.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 22.9 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 05201 in 2019-2023

Male Female
Under 5 263 293
5 to 9 521 262
10 to 14 374 497
15 to 19 392 527
20 to 24 408 610
25 to 29 487 449
30 to 34 420 302
35 to 39 247 558
40 to 44 427 380
45 to 49 429 349
50 to 54 498 483
55 to 59 585 366
60 to 64 640 779
65 to 69 506 592
70 to 74 437 416
75 to 79 185 352
80 to 84 77 255
85 and over 324 276

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 93.8% were White; 0.6% were Black or African American; 0% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0% were Asian; 0% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 4.1% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 0% of the people in 05201 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 0.3% of the people in 05201 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2019-2023, there were 6,161 households in 05201. The average household size was 2.32 people.

Married-couple households made up 40.1% of the households in 05201 while cohabiting couple households made up 7.2% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 31% of all households, while 21.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 17.4% of households were male householders living alone, and 21.3% were female householders living alone, for a total of 38.7% of all households.

In 05201, 21.4% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 37.3% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Married-couple households 40.1
Cohabiting Couples 7.2
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
21.7
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
31

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 42.9% of males and 37.5% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 37.8 32.5
Now married, except separated 42.9 37.5
Separated 3.3 1.8
Widowed 2.9 10.4
Divorced 13 17.8

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 05201, 117 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 0% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2019-2023, an estimated 97.6% of the people living in 05201 were U.S. natives. 48.7% of the 05201 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 2.4% of 05201 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 69.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 69.8 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 05201 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2019-2023 for 05201.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Latin America 9.3
Asia 40.7
Europe 22.8
Africa 14.6
Northern America 12.6
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 05201 in 2019-2023, 3.9 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 1.7% of people at least five years old; 0.4% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Spanish 1.7
Other Indo-European languages 1.5
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.2
Other languages 0.5

Geographic Mobility

In 2019-2023, 89.7 % of the people at least one year old living in 05201 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Same house 89.7
Different house, same county 4.7
Different county, same state 0.8
Different state 3.6
Abroad 1.3

Education

In 2019-2023, 92.4 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 35.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 7.6% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 05201 was 3,332 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 179 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 2,223. College or graduate school enrollment was 930.

Educational Attainment of People in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 7.6
High school diploma or equivalency 27.9
Some college, no degree 21.4
Associate's degree 7.8
Bachelor's degree 17.5
Graduate or professional degree 17.8

Disability

In 05201, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 21.6 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 2.7% of people under 18 years old, to 19.8% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 42.6% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 05201, 54.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 40.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 77.1% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 15.5% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 7.2 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 5,338 77.1
Federal, state, or local government workers 1,075 15.5
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 498 7.2

Industries

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 05201 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1.5
Construction 4.8
Manufacturing 8.7
Wholesale trade 0.9
Retail trade 19.5
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 3.9
Information 2
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 2.6
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 5.6
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 34.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 8.3
Other Services, except public administration 2.9
Public administration 4.6

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 05201 in 2019-2023

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 3,087 44.6
Service occupations 983 14.2
Sales and office occupations 1,667 24.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 474 6.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 709 10.2

Commuting to Work

An estimated 72.4% of 05201 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 11.2% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 15.4 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 72.4
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 11.2
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.7
Walked 2.7
Other means 2.2
Worked from home 10.7

In 2019-2023, 05201 had a total of 6,941 housing units. Of these housing units, 63.5% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 31.7% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 4.9% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Single-family houses 63.5
Apartments in multi-unit structures 31.7
Mobile homes 4.9
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

3.2% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 32.9% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 05201 was 5.5 rooms, and of these housing units 57.3% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2019-2023, 05201 had 6,161 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 780 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 62.1% while renters occupied 37.9%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.65 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.78.

7.1% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 13.8% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 11.9% and another 16.8% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 05201:

House Heating Fuel Used in 05201 in 2019-2023

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Percent
Gas † 11.8
Electricity 8.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 70.6
All other fuels 9.5
No fuel used 0

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 05201 was $206,200.

Of the owner-occupied households, 63.4 % had a mortgage. 36.6% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,540 and for owners without a mortgage it was $872.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 05201 was $1,098. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.