Brewster vs North Eastham

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

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

North Eastham has the higher population (1,958 vs 1,711 in Brewster). North Eastham has the higher median household income ($80,375 vs $75,481 in Brewster). Brewster has the higher median home value ($702,000 vs $641,200 in North Eastham).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	North Eastham
Population	1,711	1,958
Median age	61.4 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,481	$80,375
Median home value	$702,000	$641,200
Median gross rent	$1,316	$1,653
Housing units	2,185	2,710
Homeownership rate	81.8%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	North Eastham
Population	1,637 → 1,711 (+4.5%)	1,612 → 1,958 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$53,517 → $75,481 (+41.0%)	$70,864 → $80,375 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$440,400 → $702,000 (+59.4%)	$484,500 → $641,200 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,316 (+9.7%)	$1,303 → $1,653 (+26.9%)

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

North Eastham

Population

1,6121,958

Median household income

$70,864$80,375

Median home value

$484,500$641,200

Median gross rent

$1,303$1,653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	North Eastham
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	2.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	7.8%	6.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	7.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	24.4%	27.3%
75 and over	16.2%	22.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	North Eastham
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	North Eastham
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	17.6%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	North Eastham
Drove alone	76.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	1.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	11.7%
Other means	5.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	North Eastham
1-unit, detached	82.2%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	North Eastham
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1977	1973