Bellows Falls vs Brattleboro

A side-by-side comparison of Bellows Falls and Brattleboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellows Falls and Brattleboro are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brattleboro has the higher population (7,793 vs 2,851 in Bellows Falls). Bellows Falls has the higher median household income ($54,836 vs $46,972 in Brattleboro). Brattleboro has the higher median home value ($239,500 vs $176,000 in Bellows Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Bellows Falls	Brattleboro
Population	2,851	7,793
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,836	$46,972
Median home value	$176,000	$239,500
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,028
Housing units	1,571	3,830
Homeownership rate	51.3%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellows Falls	Brattleboro
Population	3,007 → 2,851 (-5.2%)	6,507 → 7,793 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$33,286 → $54,836 (+64.7%)	$34,739 → $46,972 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$131,200 → $176,000 (+34.1%)	$203,300 → $239,500 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,071 (+37.7%)	$880 → $1,028 (+16.8%)

Bellows Falls

Population

3,0072,851

Median household income

$33,286$54,836

Median home value

$131,200$176,000

Median gross rent

$778$1,071

Brattleboro

Population

6,5077,793

Median household income

$34,739$46,972

Median home value

$203,300$239,500

Median gross rent

$880$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellows Falls	Brattleboro
Under 5	6.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	13.1%
75 and over	7.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellows Falls	Brattleboro
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellows Falls	Brattleboro
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.4%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellows Falls	Brattleboro
Drove alone	76.5%	69.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	6.3%	10.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.2%	13.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellows Falls	Brattleboro
1-unit, detached	50.6%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	38.6%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	14.8%
20 or more units	5.3%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bellows Falls	Brattleboro
Poverty rate	19.1%	23.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938