Brattleboro
- Population
- 7,414
- Coordinates
- 42.85Β° N, 72.56Β° W
- Time zone
- America/New York
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,213 a month in Brattleboro, rent included: 63% less than in New York. The average net salary is $3,546 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Brattleboro; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%78
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%57
- Connectivitycountry10%66
- Cost10%28
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in United States
- #448
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,576
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Brattleboro | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $20.00 | $25.00 | β20% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $88.00 | $140 | β37% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $12.00 | $14.00 | β14% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $4.00 | $8.00 | β50% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $6.50 | $10.00 | β35% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $5.31 | $6.37 | β17% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $3.10 | $3.80 | β18% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.36 | $2.89 | β18% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $0.68 | $1.36 | β50% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.12 | $4.68 | β55% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.52 | $6.97 | β64% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.27 | $5.73 | β43% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $13.78 | $17.38 | β21% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.16 | $15.11 | β59% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $8.82 | $17.77 | β50% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.73 | $6.11 | β55% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.04 | $2.20 | β53% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.47 | $5.77 | β57% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.30 | $6.25 | β47% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.53 | $3.47 | β56% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.31 | $4.17 | β69% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.54 | $2.72 | β43% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.50 | $2.50 | β40% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $8.00 | $20.00 | β60% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.41 | $3.21 | β56% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.15 | $3.96 | β71% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $10.00 | $19.00 | β47% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.00 | $3.00 | β100% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | β | $140 | β |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.60 | $3.00 | β13% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.75 | $2.18 | β20% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $28.00 | $42.00 | β33% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.78 | $1.10 | β29% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $34,500 | $35,458 | β3% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $25,830 | $25,309 | +2% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $49.00 | $73.50 | β33% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $62.50 | $71.93 | β13% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $15.00 | $126 | β88% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $10.50 | $23.00 | β54% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $2,850 | $3,366 | β15% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $36,004 | $60,589 | β41% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $50.00 | $72.80 | β31% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $49.31 | $53.22 | β7% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $74.50 | $118 | β37% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $60.00 | $125 | β52% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,242 | $4,417 | β72% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,057 | $3,033 | β65% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,193 | $9,242 | β76% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,100 | $5,461 | β62% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $2,034 | $18,759 | β89% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $2,454 | $6,523 | β62% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $3,546 | $5,178 | β32% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.00% | 6.49% | β0.5 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | $1,242 | $3,546 |
| May 2026 | β | $1,190 | $3,546 |
| Feb 2026 | β | $1,033 | $3,546 |
| May 2025 | β | $1,033 | $3,546 |
| Apr 2025 | β | $1,033 | $3,546 |
| Mar 2025 | β | $1,033 | $3,546 |
| Feb 2025 | β | $1,033 | $3,546 |
| Jan 2025 | β | $967 | $3,546 |
| Dec 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Nov 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Oct 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Sep 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Aug 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Jul 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Jun 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| May 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Apr 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Mar 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Jan 2024 | β | $900 | β |
| Dec 2023 | 66.2 | $3,450 | $2,007 |
| Oct 2023 | β | β | β |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses United States's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Brattleboro yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Brattleboro. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Brattleboro on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Brattleboro yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Brattleboro.
Internet
United States median; city not listed- Upload
- 64Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 187Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 27ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 3.2Years of income, 90 mΒ² flat
- Price to rent
- 7.6Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 13.2%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 6.00%20-year fixed
- 80 mΒ² in the centre
- 3.8Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Brattleboro
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 6Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 95%2 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026