Brattleboro is a somewhat small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 12,106 people and three associated neighborhoods, Brattleboro is the seventh largest community in Vermont. Much of the housing stock in Brattleboro was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Brattleboro is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brattleboro is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brattleboro who work in teaching (10.79%), management occupations (8.02%), and healthcare (7.86%). Also of interest is that Brattleboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Brattleboro telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.08% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Brattleboro is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.05 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of Brattleboro are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.68% of adults in Brattleboro have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Brattleboro in 2022 was $36,622, which is lower middle income relative to Vermont, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,488 for a family of four. However, Brattleboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Brattleboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brattleboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Brattleboro include Irish, English, German, French, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Brattleboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
