† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBrattleboro, VTVermontUnited States
English19.6%19.1%9.5%
Irish18.6%16.8%9.4%
German12.0%10.7%12.5%
Italian9.2%7.4%4.8%
French6.5%8.6%1.6%
American4.9%7.0%5.3%
Polish4.5%—2.2%
Scottish4.5%3.0%1.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.5%1.8%
Mexican0.7%0.6%11.3%
Bolivian0.3%——
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Chinese0.3%0.3%1.3%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Brattleboro, VT
Vermont
United States
Median age
47.3
43.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
25.6%
21.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brattleboro, VT
Vermont
United States
Median household income
$72,217
$81,203
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
44.0%
44.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brattleboro, VT
Vermont
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.7%
5.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
1.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brattleboro, VT
Vermont
United States
Catholic
12.5%
20.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.9%
7.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
72.9%
62.4%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.1%
5.6%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Brattleboro, VT
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−41.1%
1896
−72.5%
1900
−58.7%
1904
−61.6%
1908
−59.5%
1912
−14.6%
1916
−32.5%
1920
−61.5%
1924
−71.3%
1928
−55.5%
1932
−33.1%
1936
−33.1%
1940
−26.3%
1944
−33.0%
1948
−43.2%
1952
−55.5%
1956
−60.2%
1960
−35.4%
1964
+33.4%
1968
−12.3%
1972
−20.8%
1976
−7.4%
1980
−7.4%
1984
−9.2%
1988
+6.8%
1992
+26.1%
1996
+27.3%
2000
+18.4%
2004
+35.2%
2008
+48.1%
2012
+48.7%
2016
+39.3%
2020
+47.3%
2024
+42.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
69.0%Harris17,904
26.7%Trump6,928
1.6%Kennedy422 +6
D+42.3
R+5.0
D+43.8
25,933
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic69.0%17,904
Donald J TrumpRepublican26.7%6,928
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.6%422
OtherAll other candidates0.8%204
Cornel WestIndependent0.7%175
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.6%164
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%111
Rachele FruitIndependent0.1%14
SpoiledIndependent0.0%11
D
72.1%Biden18,767
24.7%Trump6,440
3.2%
D+47.3
D+8.1
D+42.9
26,035
D
63.4%Clinton14,340
24.1%Trump5,454
12.5%
D+39.3
R+9.4
D+37.2
22,634
D
73.1%Obama16,026
24.4%Romney5,347
2.6%
D+48.7
D+0.6
D+44.8
21,937
D
73.0%Obama17,585
24.9%McCain5,997
2.1%
D+48.1
D+12.9
D+40.8
24,081
D
66.4%Kerry15,489
31.2%Bush7,280
2.3%
D+35.2
D+16.8
D+37.7
23,316
D
52.7%Gore11,319
34.2%Bush7,358
13.1%
D+18.4
R+8.9
D+17.9
21,491
D
55.1%Clinton10,426
27.8%Dole5,261
17.1%
D+27.3
D+1.2
D+18.8
18,915
D
53.3%Clinton11,414
27.2%Bush5,816
19.5%
D+26.1
D+19.4
D+20.6
21,411
D
52.7%Dukakis9,839
46.0%Bush8,572
1.3%
D+6.8
D+16.0
D+14.5
18,653
R
44.9%Mondale8,206
54.1%Reagan9,880
1.1%
R+9.2
R+1.7
D+9.1
18,279
R
35.1%Carter5,830
42.5%Reagan7,062
22.3%
R+7.4
±0.0
D+2.3
16,598
R
44.6%Carter6,794
52.0%Ford7,928
3.3%
R+7.4
D+13.3
R+9.5
15,232
R
39.2%McGovern5,925
60.0%Nixon9,062
0.7%
R+20.8
R+8.5
D+2.4
15,100
R
42.1%Humphrey5,353
54.4%Nixon6,916
3.6%
R+12.3
R+45.7
R+11.6
12,721
D
66.7%Johnson8,371
33.3%Goldwater4,180
0.0%
D+33.4
D+68.8
D+10.8
12,555
R
32.3%Kennedy4,358
67.7%Nixon9,128
0.0%
R+35.4
D+24.8
R+35.5
13,486
R
19.8%Stevenson2,474
80.0%Eisenhower9,979
0.2%
R+60.2
R+4.7
R+44.8
12,475
R
22.2%Stevenson2,790
77.6%Eisenhower9,774
0.2%
R+55.5
R+12.3
R+44.7
12,595
R
27.3%Truman2,770
70.5%Dewey7,148
2.2%
R+43.2
R+10.1
R+47.7
10,140
R
33.5%Roosevelt3,376
66.5%Dewey6,708
0.0%
R+33.0
R+6.8
R+40.5
10,089
R
36.8%Roosevelt4,101
63.0%Willkie7,031
0.2%
R+26.3
D+6.8
R+36.2
11,159
R
33.3%Roosevelt3,699
66.4%Landon7,369
0.2%
R+33.1
D+0.1
R+57.3
11,095
R
32.9%Roosevelt3,659
66.0%Hoover7,347
1.1%
R+33.1
D+22.4
R+50.9
11,129
R
22.2%Smith2,398
77.7%Hoover8,410
0.1%
R+55.5
D+15.8
R+38.1
10,824
R
11.9%Davis1,091
83.2%Coolidge7,638
4.9%
R+71.3
R+9.8
R+46.1
9,183
R
18.8%Cox1,302
80.4%Harding5,551
0.8%
R+61.5
R+29.0
R+35.3
6,908
R
33.0%Wilson1,698
65.5%Hughes3,375
1.6%
R+32.5
R+18.0
R+35.7
5,153
R
23.7%Wilson1,327
38.3%Taft2,143
38.1%
R+14.6
D+45.0
R+34.1
5,602
R
19.0%Bryan906
78.6%Taft3,738
2.4%
R+59.5
D+2.1
R+50.0
4,758
R
17.0%Parker809
78.6%Roosevelt3,735
4.4%
R+61.6
R+2.8
R+41.9
4,752
R
20.3%Bryan1,014
79.0%McKinley3,948
0.7%
R+58.7
D+13.7
R+51.2
4,996
R
11.7%Bryan670
84.1%McKinley4,829
4.2%
R+72.5
R+31.4
R+66.4
5,739
R
28.4%Cleveland1,496
69.5%Harrison3,656
2.0%
R+41.1
—
R+42.7
5,259
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
69.4%17,585
24.8%6,282
25,328
2022
D
72.8%14,581
21.2%4,248
20,039
2018
D
75.7%14,386
19.3%3,673
19,002
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Brattleboro, VT
Year
Total registered
2016
35,371
2018
36,215
2020
37,513
2022
37,637
2024
38,265
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−3 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,430 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Brattleboro, VT in Brattleboro, VT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−275
2012
−185
2013
−91
2014
−229
2015
−380
2016
−18
2017
−249
2018
−133
2019
−334
2021
+481
2022
−35
2023
+223
2024
−202
2025
−3
Brattleboro anchors Windham County, one of Vermont's most reliably Democratic corners, yet its arts-economy mix and significant unaffiliated voter share give local races an unpredictability rare in the surrounding rural towns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.7 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 72.5 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.3 points.
A population of 45,923, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,217 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greenfield, MA and Bennington, VT.
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In 2024, Brattleboro, VT, Vermont voted Democratic by 42.3 points (D+42.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 25,933 votes cast, 17,904 went Democratic and 6,928 went Republican.
When did Brattleboro, VT, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Brattleboro, VT, Vermont voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Brattleboro, VT, Vermont?
Brattleboro, VT, Vermont has a population of 45,923 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brattleboro, VT, Vermont?
Median household income in Brattleboro, VT, Vermont is $72,217 — below the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Brattleboro, VT, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Brattleboro, VT, Vermont from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
