Living in Brattleboro

In Brattleboro, unemployment is 7.8% (2024).

Residents of Brattleboro numbered 7,352 at the end of 2020. Brattleboro's unemployment stood at 7.8% at the end of 2024. Foreign residents numbered 103 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0716 sources

Population7,352people31 Dec 2020Official source · U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020

Median gross salary3,174EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables

Median rent1,028EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records

Unemployment rate7.8%country median 4.6% — 71% aboveOfficial source · Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)

Recorded crime4,681offences per 100,000country median 1,586 — 195% aboveOfficial source · FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting

PM2.5, annual mean5.61µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData

Higher unemployment than 86% of American cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 95% of American cities that publish it and cleaner air than 84% of American cities that publish it.

Which United States-wide rules apply when you move to Brattleboro?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	60.38 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Verizon 300 Mbps home internet¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.57 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Visible unlimited mobile plan¹⁶Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,097 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent)³Official
Median monthly rent	1,028 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records²Official
Recorded property crimes	301 offenses/year	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)⁶Official

Is Brattleboro a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 39–57%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on education · range 46–64%

Student38%strong on cost, weak on education · range 28–48%

Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–59%

Retirement36%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 25–47%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Brattleboro?

The median gross salary is about 3,174 EUR/month (2020-2024). Source: 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables¹

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

What is the unemployment rate in Brattleboro?

The unemployment rate is about 7.8 % (2024). Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵

Unemployment across cities in United StatesUnemployment in Brattleboro is 7.8%. Of 2,153 cities with data, 1,250 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

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Brattleboro 7.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	3,174 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables¹Official
Unemployment rate	7.8 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Brattleboro?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,329of €2,508 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,508
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) · 2020-12-31	− €1,097
Internet€60 · official · Verizon 300 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€22 · official · Visible unlimited mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,329

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Brattleboro Salary needed to live in Brattleboro

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Brattleboro. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

American Job Centers — Public employment service

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Brattleboro. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	212.6 per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release⁴Official · county

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Brattleboro when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Safety

How safe is Brattleboro?

Police recorded about 4,681 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 4,681 offences per 100,000 · FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting⁷

Recorded crime across major citiesBrattleboro highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Philadelphia5,457

Houston5,442

San Antonio5,218

Brattleboro4,681

Chicago4,012

Dallas4,010

Austin3,709

Fort Worth3,158

Phoenix3,125

New York City3,039

Los Angeles2,212

San Diego2,082

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,681 offences per 100,000country median 1,586	31 Dec 2024	FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting⁷Official
Recorded violent crimes	74 offenses/year	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)⁶Official

Mobility and administration

Brattleboro's nearest airport was RUT, 82 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	82 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	RUT	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Brattleboro. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adult Education and English Language Acquisition (AEFLA) — State Language Course

U.S. Department of Education

For adult learners, adult English-language learners.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridCost varies

Open official information

USCIS English and citizenship class finder — Civic Orientation

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

For immigrants, future citizens.

EnglishIn Person, OnlineCost varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Brattleboro.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 levels for Brattleboro stood at 5.6 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Brattleboro's monthly mean temperatures were −6.4°C in January and 20.6°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Brattleboro?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.61 µg/m³ · U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData¹⁴

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.6WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United StatesAnnual PM2.5 in Brattleboro is 5.6 µg/m³. Of 968 cities with data, 261 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Brattleboro 5.6

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.61 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan -0.889 · Feb 1.28 · Mar 6.11 · Apr 13.67 · May 20.33 · Jun 24.94 · Jul 27.72 · Aug 26.94 · Sep 22.89 · Oct 15.44 · Nov 8.17 · Dec 2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -12 · Feb -11.44 · Mar -6.83 · Apr -1.06 · May 5 · Jun 10.39 · Jul 13.33 · Aug 12.44 · Sep 8.33 · Oct 2.06 · Nov -2.89 · Dec -7.89 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -6.44 · Feb -5.11 · Mar -0.389 · Apr 6.28 · May 12.67 · Jun 17.67 · Jul 20.56 · Aug 19.72 · Sep 15.61 · Oct 8.78 · Nov 2.61 · Dec -2.94 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 79.25 · Feb 70.36 · Mar 85.09 · Apr 86.11 · May 95.76 · Jun 112 · Jul 114 · Aug 108.7 · Sep 108.2 · Oct 123.4 · Nov 88.65 · Dec 99.57 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information⁸Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, highest monitored reading	16.2 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, annual mean	5.61 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United States: Manchester ±1.4 °C. Elsewhere: Barrie (Canada) ±1.6 °C, Chatham-Kent (Canada) ±1.9 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±2.1 °C, Markham (Canada) ±3.0 °C, Mississauga (Canada) ±3.0 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Brattleboro's total area was 10.9 km² at the end of 2025. At the end of 2024, the population density reached 704 people per km².

How many people live in Brattleboro?

The published population was 7,352 people in April 2020. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020¹³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.6%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	10.88 km²	31 Dec 2025	U.S. Census Bureau (TIGERweb ArcGIS REST service)¹¹Official
Foreign-resident share	1.35 %	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official
Foreign residents	103 people	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official
Population density	704 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official
Population	7,352 people	31 Dec 2020	U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020¹³Official
Population covered by crime statistics	11,928 people	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Brattleboro

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

North Bethesda as a Brattleboro alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 569 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 34.1% North Bethesda vs 1.3% Brattleboro+2436%
Residents: 50,094 North Bethesda vs 7,352 Brattleboro+581%
Median gross pay, city: €6,119 North Bethesda vs €3,174 Brattleboro+93%
Unemployment: 3.6% North Bethesda vs 7.8% Brattleboro−53%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,458 (2025) North Bethesda vs 4,681 (2024) Brattleborono percentage
Annual PM2.5: 5.9 µg/m³ North Bethesda vs 5.6 µg/m³ Brattleboro+5%

Full comparison More about North Bethesda

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Brattleboro?

The published population was 7,352 people in April 2020. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020.

Is the air quality good in Brattleboro?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData.

How safe is Brattleboro?

Police recorded about 4,681 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting.

What is the typical salary in Brattleboro?

The median gross salary is about 3,174 EUR/month (2020-2024). Source: 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables.

What is the unemployment rate in Brattleboro?

The unemployment rate is about 7.8 % (2024). Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

How many foreign residents live in Brattleboro?

103 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is Brattleboro a good place to live?

Brattleboro may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

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2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables api.census.gov · checked 2026-10-04
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-18
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-19
Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release data.hrsa.gov · checked 2026-10-04
Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS) api.censusreporter.org · checked 2026-08-03
FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip) cde.ucr.cjis.gov · checked 2026-09-05
FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting cde.ucr.cjis.gov · checked 2026-08-04
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03

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U.S. Census Bureau (TIGERweb ArcGIS REST service) tigerweb.geo.census.gov · checked 2026-08-03
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey api.census.gov · checked 2026-08-07
U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020 tigerweb.geo.census.gov · checked 2026-08-05
U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData aqs.epa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
Verizon 300 Mbps home internet verizon.com · checked 2026-09-15
Visible unlimited mobile plan visible.com · checked 2026-09-15

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