Brattleboro vs Putney

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

Brattleboro and Putney 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 394 in Putney). Putney has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $46,972 in Brattleboro). Putney has the higher median home value ($262,900 vs $239,500 in Brattleboro).

Population, income & housing

	Brattleboro	Putney
Population	7,793	394
Median age	44.9 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,972	$63,750
Median home value	$239,500	$262,900
Median gross rent	$1,028	$808
Housing units	3,830	220
Homeownership rate	50.7%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brattleboro	Putney
Population	6,507 → 7,793 (+19.8%)	455 → 394 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$34,739 → $46,972 (+35.2%)	$30,417 → $63,750 (+109.6%)
Median home value	$203,300 → $239,500 (+17.8%)	$223,000 → $262,900 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,028 (+16.8%)	$883 → $808 (-8.5%)

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

Putney

Population

455394

Median household income

$30,417$63,750

Median home value

$223,000$262,900

Median gross rent

$883$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brattleboro	Putney
Under 5	5.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.8%
75 and over	12.3%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brattleboro	Putney
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brattleboro	Putney
No high school diploma	4.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	21.3%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brattleboro	Putney
Drove alone	69.6%	91.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brattleboro	Putney
1-unit, detached	44.9%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	24.5%
20 or more units	12.7%	18.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Brattleboro	Putney
Poverty rate	23.3%	18.4%
Average household size	2.07	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	14	11
Median year structure built	1938	1938