Brewster vs Chatham

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

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

Brewster has the higher population (1,711 vs 1,614 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median household income ($82,269 vs $75,481 in Brewster). Chatham has the higher median home value ($1,550,000 vs $702,000 in Brewster).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Chatham
Population	1,711	1,614
Median age	61.4 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,481	$82,269
Median home value	$702,000	$1,550,000
Median gross rent	$1,316	$924
Housing units	2,185	2,076
Homeownership rate	81.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	60.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Chatham
Population	1,637 → 1,711 (+4.5%)	1,428 → 1,614 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$53,517 → $75,481 (+41.0%)	$81,630 → $82,269 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$440,400 → $702,000 (+59.4%)	$778,600 → $1,550,000 (+99.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,316 (+9.7%)	$876 → $924 (+5.5%)

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

Chatham

Population

1,4281,614

Median household income

$81,630$82,269

Median home value

$778,600$1,550,000

Median gross rent

$876$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Chatham
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	5.1%
18 to 24	2.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	5.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	1.9%
55 to 64	18.4%	21.1%
65 to 74	24.4%	29.1%
75 and over	16.2%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Chatham
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	99.1%
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	4.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Chatham
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	17.6%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Chatham
Drove alone	76.2%	74.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	2.7%	3.9%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	16.3%
Other means	5.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Chatham
1-unit, detached	82.2%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Chatham
Poverty rate	6.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.02	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1977	1968