HomeVermontBennington CountyDorset CDP
Dorset CDP, Vermont: commercial real estate data.
Dorset CDP is a Census CDP of 310 people across 2.08 square miles of land, in Bennington County. Median household income is $151,087, 96.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.2 m.
64 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Dorset through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 310 with a margin of error of plus or minus 219, which is 70.6 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Dorset
What Dorset is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.08 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land149 plus or minus 105
- County holding the largest share of its areaBennington County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dorset
How many people live in Dorset
- Population310 plus or minus 219
- Median age39.0 plus or minus 30.8
- Population under 1861 plus or minus 59
- Share under 1819.7 percent plus or minus 12.8
- Population 65 and over105 plus or minus 71
- Share 65 and over33.9 percent plus or minus 33.1
- Households126 plus or minus 72
- Family households90 plus or minus 71
- Share of households that are families71.4 percent plus or minus 38.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dorset
Income and work in Dorset
- Median household income$151,087 plus or minus $88,628
- Per capita income$51,132 plus or minus $10,722
- Civilian labor force129 plus or minus 105
- Employed129 plus or minus 105
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over179 plus or minus 111
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher93.3 percent plus or minus 28.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree34.6 percent plus or minus 35.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dorset
Housing in Dorset
- Housing units284 plus or minus 104
- Occupied units126 plus or minus 72
- Vacant units158 plus or minus 81
- Vacancy rate55.6 percent plus or minus 20.0
- Owner occupied121 plus or minus 72
- Renter occupied5 plus or minus 8
- Ownership rate96.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$545,600 plus or minus $190,617
- Single family units273 plus or minus 106
- Share single family96.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 18
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dorset
How Dorset gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute110 plus or minus 106
- Commuting under 15 minutes78 plus or minus 91
- Share commuting under 15 minutes70.9 percent plus or minus 47.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more8 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more7.3 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Drove alone41.1 percent plus or minus 22.5
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked44.2 percent plus or minus 58.0
- Worked from home14.7 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dorset
SBA loans in Dorset (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,235,000
- Average approval$617,500
- Median approval$1,220,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,220,000
- Largest approval$1,220,000
- Jobs supported11
- Jobs per approval5.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bennington County, not Dorset
Bennington County context, not Dorset figures
These are Bennington County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dorset measurements.
- Establishments in Bennington County1,258
- Employment at those establishments, Bennington County14,352
- Covered employment, Bennington County16,750
- Average annual pay, Bennington County$58,906
- Average weekly wage, Bennington County$1,133
- Housing units permitted, Bennington County54
- Of those, single family, Bennington County50
- County product, 2024, Bennington County$2,382,540,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bennington County5.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bennington County$123,725
Every figure in this section is published for Bennington County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dorset. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Dorset questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dorset, Vermont?
310, in 126 households. Dorset CDP covers 2.08 square miles of land, which is 149 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dorset in?
Bennington County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Dorset?
$151,087. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $545,600. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dorset businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $1.2 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,220,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dorset, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dorset borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Dorset. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Dorset figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bennington County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dorset.
Is zoning published for Dorset?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.