Brewster vs West Falmouth

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

Brewster and West Falmouth 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 1,655 in West Falmouth). West Falmouth has the higher median household income ($115,735 vs $75,481 in Brewster). West Falmouth has the higher median home value ($734,000 vs $702,000 in Brewster).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	West Falmouth
Population	1,711	1,655
Median age	61.4 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,481	$115,735
Median home value	$702,000	$734,000
Median gross rent	$1,316	$1,756
Housing units	2,185	1,209
Homeownership rate	81.8%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	West Falmouth
Population	1,637 → 1,711 (+4.5%)	1,971 → 1,655 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$53,517 → $75,481 (+41.0%)	$150,246 → $115,735 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$440,400 → $702,000 (+59.4%)	$649,600 → $734,000 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,316 (+9.7%)	$1,815 → $1,756 (-3.3%)

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

West Falmouth

Population

1,9711,655

Median household income

$150,246$115,735

Median home value

$649,600$734,000

Median gross rent

$1,815$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	West Falmouth
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	9.0%
18 to 24	2.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	2.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	1.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	24.6%
65 to 74	24.4%	14.5%
75 and over	16.2%	36.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	West Falmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	West Falmouth
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	17.6%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	39.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	West Falmouth
Drove alone	76.2%	74.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	24.8%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	West Falmouth
1-unit, detached	82.2%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	West Falmouth
Poverty rate	6.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1977	1978