Health care · Small-town market · Vermont
Medical and dental practices in the Bennington, VT area
The medical and dental practices in the Bennington, VT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #460 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont
- Listings
- 124
- 8 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- −17.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $17.5M
- On medical and dental services · $1,166 a household
- Spending per listing
- $141K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 82.7
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,630
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
For medical and dental practices, the Bennington area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #460 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 124 medical and dental practices in the Bennington area. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 82.7 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Households in the Bennington area spend about $17.5M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,166 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $141K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $152K.
In 2023, official counts showed 47 businesses with payroll in the Bennington area classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers, down 17.5% from 2019. That is one for every 319 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $220K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Bennington area. Population estimates show the Bennington area declined 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Bennington area compares
The same measures for Vermont and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the medical and dental practices counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Bennington area | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 82.7 | 71.8 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $141K | $168K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 319 | 352 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.5% | −7.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,166 | $1,208 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $73,325 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 47−17.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 389
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $44.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1248 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 115The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $220K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in the Bennington area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Bennington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,630−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 14,987
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 674 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $73,325+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,853
- Median home value
- $279,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,869
- Daytime population
- 38,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Vermont for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Vermont (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bennington area marked.
Top small-town markets in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 61 | 593 | 64.6 | $190K | +1.5% | #163 of 538 |
| 1Barre, VT | 37 | 220 | 85.1 | $142K | −0.2% | #391 of 538 |
| 2Brattleboro, VT | 34 | 149 | 75.3 | $153K | −1.4% | #423 of 538 |
| 3Rutland, VT | 33 | 198 | 78.2 | $143K | −1.4% | #428 of 538 |
| 4Bennington, VT | 29 | 124 | 82.7 | $141K | −1.8% | #460 of 538 |
Other business types in the Bennington area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics29
- Dentists and orthodontists26
- Primary care and pediatrics27
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors51
- Physical therapy20
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in the Bennington, VT area?
There are 124 medical and dental practices on map listings in the Bennington area as of September 2026. 8 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 17.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bennington, VT area spend on medical and dental services?
About $17.5M a year, or $1,166 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 124 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $141K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,987 households in the Bennington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bennington, VT area compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
The Bennington area has 82.7 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $141K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, the Bennington area would have about 115, against 124 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 319 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bennington, VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Bennington area at 36,630 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,987 households. Median household income in the Bennington area is $73,325, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Bennington area scores 29 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #460 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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