Jury Pool Profile

Bennington County, Vermont

Democratic +22 (2024)

Population: 37,312
Median household income: $71,494
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,574 92.7%
Black or African American alone 381 1.0%
Asian alone 354 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 64 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 326 0.9%
Two or more races 1,609 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,023 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.6

Under 18 7,037 18.9%
18–24 3,336 8.9%
25–44 7,655 20.5%
45–64 10,419 27.9%
65 and over 8,865 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; +0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 5.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,906
Establishments: 1,938

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,818 34.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,087 18.4%
Leisure & hospitality 2,248 13.4%
Manufacturing 1,757 10.5%
Professional & business services 1,372 8.2%
Construction 632 3.8%
Financial activities 468 2.8%
Other services 415 2.5%
Public administration 403 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 89 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.7%
Median gross rent: $1,063
Owner-occupied: 11,074
Renter-occupied: 3,562

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,552 votes cast

Democratic 12,326 60.0%
Republican 7,697 37.5%
Other / third-party 529 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 559 1.6%
Other Indo-European 221 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 167 0.5%
Chinese 104 0.3%
Other 85 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 68 0.2%
German 55 0.2%
Tagalog 51 0.1%
Slavic languages 42 0.1%
Arabic 7 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,636
Family households: 8,919; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 7,024
Single-mother households: 741
Veterans: 2,415; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,399 22.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,166 8.5%
Evangelical Protestant 1,632 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,188 3.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 16.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Bennington County Superior Court
Judges: 1 (Vermont Superior Court Judge — approximate primary/resident assignment per county unit (Civil + Criminal Division combined). VT has ~33 Judges statewide who rotate assignments among the 14 county units under a unified bench (4 V.S.A. § 30), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 vermontjudiciary.org roster.)
Court seats: Bennington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Vermont statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 13.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023