Brewster vs Colby

A side-by-side comparison of Brewster and Colby: population, income, housing, and more.

Brewster and Colby are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colby has the higher population (5,389 vs 440 in Brewster). Colby has the higher median household income ($66,731 vs $63,333 in Brewster). Colby has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $126,400 in Brewster).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Colby
Population	440	5,389
Median age	28.2 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,333	$66,731
Median home value	$126,400	$150,700
Median gross rent	$819	$736
Housing units	173	2,443
Homeownership rate	75.3%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Colby
Population	269 → 440 (+63.6%)	5,473 → 5,389 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $63,333 (+9.4%)	$56,358 → $66,731 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $126,400 (+31.9%)	$125,500 → $150,700 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $819 (+31.5%)	$634 → $736 (+16.1%)

Brewster

Population

269440

Median household income

$57,917$63,333

Median home value

$95,800$126,400

Median gross rent

$623$819

Colby

Population

5,4735,389

Median household income

$56,358$66,731

Median home value

$125,500$150,700

Median gross rent

$634$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Colby
Under 5	19.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	21.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	4.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	6.5%
75 and over	4.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Colby
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Colby
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	23.0%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Colby
Drove alone	72.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	17.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Colby
1-unit, detached	91.3%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Colby
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.93	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	16	10
Median year structure built	1949	1968