Bourne vs Brewster

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

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

Bourne has the higher population (1,765 vs 1,711 in Brewster). Bourne has the higher median household income ($125,366 vs $75,481 in Brewster). Brewster has the higher median home value ($702,000 vs $521,100 in Bourne).

Population, income & housing

	Bourne	Brewster
Population	1,765	1,711
Median age	60.9 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,366	$75,481
Median home value	$521,100	$702,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,316
Housing units	1,078	2,185
Homeownership rate	80.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.7%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourne	Brewster
Population	1,408 → 1,765 (+25.4%)	1,637 → 1,711 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$51,595 → $125,366 (+143.0%)	$53,517 → $75,481 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$374,500 → $521,100 (+39.1%)	$440,400 → $702,000 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,695 (+94.2%)	$1,200 → $1,316 (+9.7%)

Bourne

Population

1,4081,765

Median household income

$51,595$125,366

Median home value

$374,500$521,100

Median gross rent

$873$1,695

Brewster

Population

1,6371,711

Median household income

$53,517$75,481

Median home value

$440,400$702,000

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,316

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourne	Brewster
Under 5	0.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.3%	2.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	7.8%
35 to 44	6.6%	5.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	21.9%	18.4%
65 to 74	32.4%	24.4%
75 and over	10.1%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourne	Brewster
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourne	Brewster
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.0%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourne	Brewster
Drove alone	78.7%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	10.9%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourne	Brewster
1-unit, detached	79.7%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bourne	Brewster
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.4%
Average household size	1.83	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1966	1977