Brattleboro vs Westminster

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

Brattleboro and Westminster 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 622 in Westminster). Westminster has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $46,972 in Brattleboro). Westminster has the higher median home value ($285,300 vs $239,500 in Brattleboro).

Population, income & housing

	Brattleboro	Westminster
Population	7,793	622
Median age	44.9 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,972	$90,938
Median home value	$239,500	$285,300
Median gross rent	$1,028	$915
Housing units	3,830	178
Homeownership rate	50.7%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brattleboro	Westminster
Population	6,507 → 7,793 (+19.8%)	306 → 622 (+103.3%)
Median household income	$34,739 → $46,972 (+35.2%)	$61,042 → $90,938 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$203,300 → $239,500 (+17.8%)	$215,300 → $285,300 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,028 (+16.8%)	$871 → $915 (+5.1%)

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

Westminster

Population

306622

Median household income

$61,042$90,938

Median home value

$215,300$285,300

Median gross rent

$871$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brattleboro	Westminster
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	31.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.9%
75 and over	12.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brattleboro	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brattleboro	Westminster
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.3%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brattleboro	Westminster
Drove alone	69.6%	66.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	30.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brattleboro	Westminster
1-unit, detached	44.9%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	12.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Brattleboro	Westminster
Poverty rate	23.3%	0.3%
Average household size	2.07	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	14	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938