Putney vs West Brattleboro

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

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

West Brattleboro has the higher population (2,614 vs 394 in Putney). Putney has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $39,555 in West Brattleboro). Putney has the higher median home value ($262,900 vs $249,200 in West Brattleboro).

Population, income & housing

	Putney	West Brattleboro
Population	394	2,614
Median age	51.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$39,555
Median home value	$262,900	$249,200
Median gross rent	$808	$881
Housing units	220	1,365
Homeownership rate	44.8%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Putney	West Brattleboro
Population	455 → 394 (-13.4%)	2,677 → 2,614 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$30,417 → $63,750 (+109.6%)	$31,918 → $39,555 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$223,000 → $262,900 (+17.9%)	$167,400 → $249,200 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $808 (-8.5%)	$794 → $881 (+11.0%)

Putney

Population

455394

Median household income

$30,417$63,750

Median home value

$223,000$262,900

Median gross rent

$883$808

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)

	Putney	West Brattleboro
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	1.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	7.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	19.7%
65 to 74	19.8%	15.0%
75 and over	14.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Putney	West Brattleboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Putney	West Brattleboro
No high school diploma	10.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Putney	West Brattleboro
Drove alone	91.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.6%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Putney	West Brattleboro
1-unit, detached	35.5%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	24.5%	18.9%
20 or more units	18.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Putney	West Brattleboro
Poverty rate	18.4%	18.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	11	26
Median year structure built	1938	1977