Brewster vs Harwich Port

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

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

Harwich Port has the higher population (2,011 vs 1,711 in Brewster). Brewster has the higher median household income ($75,481 vs $64,813 in Harwich Port). Brewster has the higher median home value ($702,000 vs $654,900 in Harwich Port).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Harwich Port
Population	1,711	2,011
Median age	61.4 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,481	$64,813
Median home value	$702,000	$654,900
Median gross rent	$1,316	$1,174
Housing units	2,185	2,309
Homeownership rate	81.8%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Harwich Port
Population	1,637 → 1,711 (+4.5%)	1,809 → 2,011 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$53,517 → $75,481 (+41.0%)	$58,438 → $64,813 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$440,400 → $702,000 (+59.4%)	$543,600 → $654,900 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,316 (+9.7%)	$847 → $1,174 (+38.6%)

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 Port

Population

1,8092,011

Median household income

$58,438$64,813

Median home value

$543,600$654,900

Median gross rent

$847$1,174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Harwich Port
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	6.2%
18 to 24	2.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	6.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	6.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	18.4%	20.0%
65 to 74	24.4%	16.2%
75 and over	16.2%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Harwich Port
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Harwich Port
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.5%
High school graduate	17.6%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Harwich Port
Drove alone	76.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	22.3%
Other means	5.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Harwich Port
1-unit, detached	82.2%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Harwich Port
Poverty rate	6.4%	7.9%
Average household size	2.02	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1977	1961