Brattleboro is home to 7,657 people in Vermont. At a median age of 44.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Owners hold 51% of the housing stock. Households here earn about 35% less than in Vermont as a whole. 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $52,734, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
47% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Brattleboro
What changed most since 1990
White share95.8% → 91.9%(−3.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate12.5% → 21.3%(+8.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Population8,612 → 7,657(−11%)US over the same years: +35%
Brattleboro's population equals 17% of Windham County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 7.7% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 36% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18%(65)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)2.2%(8)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era44.9%(162)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War29.4%(106)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.4%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 361 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Brattleboro, decade by decade
Brattleboro population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,612
$59,416
$222,246
26.5%
10.3
2000
8,289
$54,562
$192,002
33.7%
18.7
2010
7,414
$55,440
$279,370
35.1%
25.1
2020
7,352
$43,742
$228,591
47.8%
34.7
2024
7,657
$52,734
$234,600
47.2%
19.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
