Brewerton vs Fayetteville

A side-by-side comparison of Brewerton and Fayetteville: population, income, housing, and more.

Brewerton and Fayetteville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brewerton has the higher population (4,466 vs 4,220 in Fayetteville). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($125,417 vs $91,164 in Brewerton). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($237,700 vs $188,400 in Brewerton).

Population, income & housing

	Brewerton	Fayetteville
Population	4,466	4,220
Median age	33.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,164	$125,417
Median home value	$188,400	$237,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,203
Housing units	1,801	2,102
Homeownership rate	73.7%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	57.3%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewerton	Fayetteville
Population	4,074 → 4,466 (+9.6%)	4,095 → 4,220 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$60,302 → $91,164 (+51.2%)	$85,410 → $125,417 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$145,000 → $188,400 (+29.9%)	$181,000 → $237,700 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $806 (-8.1%)	$1,088 → $1,203 (+10.6%)

Brewerton

Population

4,0744,466

Median household income

$60,302$91,164

Median home value

$145,000$188,400

Median gross rent

$877$806

Fayetteville

Population

4,0954,220

Median household income

$85,410$125,417

Median home value

$181,000$237,700

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewerton	Fayetteville
Under 5	11.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	13.5%
75 and over	2.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewerton	Fayetteville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewerton	Fayetteville
No high school diploma	5.3%	7.8%
High school graduate	20.2%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewerton	Fayetteville
Drove alone	87.4%	70.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.2%	1.2%
Walked	0.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	17.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewerton	Fayetteville
1-unit, detached	68.6%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewerton	Fayetteville
Poverty rate	20.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1987	1959