Brattleboro vs West Brattleboro

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

Brattleboro and West 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 2,614 in West Brattleboro). Brattleboro has the higher median household income ($46,972 vs $39,555 in West Brattleboro). West Brattleboro has the higher median home value ($249,200 vs $239,500 in Brattleboro).

Population, income & housing

	Brattleboro	West Brattleboro
Population	7,793	2,614
Median age	44.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,972	$39,555
Median home value	$239,500	$249,200
Median gross rent	$1,028	$881
Housing units	3,830	1,365
Homeownership rate	50.7%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brattleboro	West Brattleboro
Population	6,507 → 7,793 (+19.8%)	2,677 → 2,614 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$34,739 → $46,972 (+35.2%)	$31,918 → $39,555 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$203,300 → $239,500 (+17.8%)	$167,400 → $249,200 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,028 (+16.8%)	$794 → $881 (+11.0%)

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

West Brattleboro

Population

2,6772,614

Median household income

$31,918$39,555

Median home value

$167,400$249,200

Median gross rent

$794$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brattleboro	West Brattleboro
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	15.0%
75 and over	12.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brattleboro	West Brattleboro
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brattleboro	West Brattleboro
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	21.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brattleboro	West Brattleboro
Drove alone	69.6%	76.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	1.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.8%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brattleboro	West Brattleboro
1-unit, detached	44.9%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	18.9%
20 or more units	12.7%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Brattleboro	West Brattleboro
Poverty rate	23.3%	18.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1938	1977