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East Dorset, VT

Single-footprint Census roll-up for East Dorset, VT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 685. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet EAST-DORSET-VT · East Dorset, VT 1 ZIPs · 685 pop · #5873/25278 · Bennington County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $92,159
  • RANK-UPPER #5873/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Manchester Cente
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 685
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $541,700

Nearest income peer: Manchester Center, VT ( $1,101 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around East Dorset

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest East Dorset on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, East Dorset, VT sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 23%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
685
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$92,159
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $92,159 and home value $541,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 72.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating East Dorset as a pure owner town.

Within Vermont, Guildhall is the closest lower-income city and Shoreham the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for East Dorset.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 05253, is all of East Dorset

There is no split to weigh here: 05253 holds every one of East Dorset's 685 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into East Dorset's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 36 establishments, 285 employees , annual payroll $15,672k (~53 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 05253 (36 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (11) · also Manufacturing · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in East Dorset, VT

These ZIP codes sit in Bennington County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in East Dorset. See the Bennington County roll-up →

East Dorset sits in the upper half of Bennington County on income: Bennington, Pownal and Shaftsbury report less, while Arlington, Dorset and Bondville report more. Dorset marks the far end of that range at $151,163, 64% above East Dorset.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
05253 685 $92,159 36 20
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East Dorset roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving East Dorset, .