Zip lookup · VT

05261
Pownal, Vermont.

Pownal, Bennington County, VT · Bennington, VT metro · population 2,171

What it costs per month · 05261 $1,471/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$741 (+102%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $571 -0%
$280,851$280,280 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $31,715 +13%
$248,565$280,280 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 05261 $1,471 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 05261$1,471
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 29 years.

Typical home values in zip 05261 fell 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Pownal, VT — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $280,280 as of Sep 2026
-0.2%year on year

Typical home value — 05261

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 05261 $280,280 Bennington $374,597 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 05261$280,280
  • Bennington$374,597
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.9 05352 Stamford 926 — $330,505
7.7 01267 Williamstown 9,633 — $488,499
7.9 05201 Bennington 14,998 $1,367 $254,363
8.1 01247 North Adams 14,794 — $262,544
8.5 12138 Petersburg 2,695 — $271,357
9.7 12022 Berlin 1,120 — $259,349
10.3 12090 Hoosick Falls 5,482 — $231,233
11.3 01220 Adams 8,074 — $271,674
12.3 05350 Readsboro 844 — $264,548
13.3 05257 North Bennington 2,807 — $303,775
13.5 12052 Cropseyville 1,915 — $303,413
14.9 05262 Shaftsbury 2,043 — $343,306
14.9 01225 Cheshire 3,216 — $359,634
15.2 12057 Eagle Bridge 1,789 — $269,015
15.5 01237 Lanesborough 2,302 — $376,019
15.8 01256 Savoy 795 — $321,217
16.1 12094 Johnsonville 2,656 — $333,350
16.1 12153 Sand Lake 669 — $372,234
16.1 01367 Rowe 563 — $351,362
16.5 12028 Buskirk 1,557 — $296,425
16.9 05361 Whitingham 1,058 — $320,977
16.9 12168 Stephentown 1,752 — $327,774
17.5 12169 Stephentown 417 — $327,313
17.7 05363 Wilmington 1,886 — $428,075
18.5 12185 Valley Falls 1,709 — $323,982
18.9 12018 Averill Park 7,422 — $397,554
18.9 12140 Poestenkill 1,512 — $384,302
19.7 12180 Troy 53,479 $1,481 $311,020
19.9 01270 Windsor 1,036 — $354,399
20.0 01339 Charlemont 1,313 — $337,564

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.