37,039 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.7% since 2020)
674 square miles of land · 55 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
31 active community water systems list Bennington County in the area they serve, reporting 30,779 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BENNINGTON WATER DEPT surface water · local government · VT0005016 | 13,250 served |
| BROMLEY WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · VT0005024 | 4,300 served |
| MANCHESTER WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005022 | 4,140 served |
| NORTH BENNINGTON WATER DEPT surface water · local government · VT0005017 | 1,700 served |
| ARLINGTON WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · VT0005013 | 1,250 served |
| BENNINGTON COLLEGE buys surface water · private · VT0020184 | 1,000 served |
| SHAFTSBURY WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · local government · VT0005469 | 950 served |
| POWNAL FIRE DISTRICT 2 groundwater · local government · VT0020734 | 682 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
No county jail figure in the national data for Bennington County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
10 school districts have their office in Bennington County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $36.2 million — $28.7 million to run schools, about $17,490 per student, plus $229,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $34.9 million state, $193,000 federal. Long-term debt: $928,000.
Spent $28.5 million — $20.4 million to run schools, about $14,036 per student, plus $71,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $731,000 local (mostly property tax), $26.5 million state, $0 federal. Long-term debt: $645,000.
Spent $24.9 million — $15.8 million to run schools, about $11,112 per student, plus $170,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $520,000 local (mostly property tax), $25.9 million state, $132,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
Spent $7.8 million — $6.3 million to run schools, about $14,867 per student, plus $51,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $751,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.3 million state, $1,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.1 million.
Spent $6.6 million — $4.2 million to run schools, about $18,655 per student, plus $218,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $168,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.9 million state, $0 federal.
Spent $4.1 million — $3.2 million to run schools, about $16,947 per student. Money in: $84,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.8 million state, $0 federal.
Spent $3 million — $2.4 million to run schools, about $18,240 per student. Money in: $189,000 local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $0 federal. Long-term debt: $95,000.
Spent $2.2 million — $1.3 million to run schools, about $16,312 per student, plus $32,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $119,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.9 million state, $12,000 federal.
And 2 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bennington County about $18.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
215 bridges in Bennington County: 111 in good condition, 102 fair, and 2 poor (0.9%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| VT 00100 ML over DEERFIELD RIVER · built 1954 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| C3022 over BATTEN KILL RIVER · built 1943 | 230 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $44.2 million of work in Bennington County in fiscal 2025, about $1,182 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Vermont are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Bennington County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Bennington County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Windham County (20 mi) · Washington County, NY (25 mi) · Rensselaer County, NY (30 mi) · Saratoga County, NY (38 mi) · Rutland County (40 mi) · Franklin County, MA (41 mi).