Brewster vs Harwich Center

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

Brewster and Harwich Center 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 1,620 in Harwich Center). Harwich Center has the higher median household income ($76,944 vs $75,481 in Brewster). Brewster has the higher median home value ($702,000 vs $546,600 in Harwich Center).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Harwich Center
Population	1,711	1,620
Median age	61.4 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,481	$76,944
Median home value	$702,000	$546,600
Median gross rent	$1,316	$1,355
Housing units	2,185	1,229
Homeownership rate	81.8%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Harwich Center
Population	1,637 → 1,711 (+4.5%)	1,406 → 1,620 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$53,517 → $75,481 (+41.0%)	$70,972 → $76,944 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$440,400 → $702,000 (+59.4%)	$395,300 → $546,600 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,316 (+9.7%)	$883 → $1,355 (+53.5%)

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

Harwich Center

Population

1,4061,620

Median household income

$70,972$76,944

Median home value

$395,300$546,600

Median gross rent

$883$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Harwich Center
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	2.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	5.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	18.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	24.4%	25.6%
75 and over	16.2%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Harwich Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Harwich Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	17.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Harwich Center
Drove alone	76.2%	82.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	16.7%
Other means	5.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Harwich Center
1-unit, detached	82.2%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Harwich Center
Poverty rate	6.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.02	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1977	1972