Brewster Hill vs Carmel

A side-by-side comparison of Brewster Hill and Carmel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carmel has the higher population (7,222 vs 2,211 in Brewster Hill). Carmel has the higher median household income ($126,224 vs $96,540 in Brewster Hill). Carmel has the higher median home value ($491,300 vs $416,200 in Brewster Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster Hill	Carmel
Population	2,211	7,222
Median age	49.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,540	$126,224
Median home value	$416,200	$491,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,160
Housing units	1,027	2,923
Homeownership rate	95.7%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster Hill	Carmel
Population	2,196 → 2,211 (+0.7%)	6,841 → 7,222 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$78,952 → $96,540 (+22.3%)	$92,623 → $126,224 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$344,100 → $416,200 (+21.0%)	$396,100 → $491,300 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$927 → $1,160 (+25.1%)

Brewster Hill

Population

2,1962,211

Median household income

$78,952$96,540

Median home value

$344,100$416,200

Carmel

Population

6,8417,222

Median household income

$92,623$126,224

Median home value

$396,100$491,300

Median gross rent

$927$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster Hill	Carmel
Under 5	4.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	1.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	18.3%	13.3%
75 and over	7.6%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster Hill	Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster Hill	Carmel
No high school diploma	15.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	16.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster Hill	Carmel
Drove alone	64.9%	71.4%
Carpooled	24.6%	10.2%
Public transit	3.9%	5.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	11.4%
Other means	3.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster Hill	Carmel
1-unit, detached	89.5%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	16.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	3.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster Hill	Carmel
Poverty rate	15.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1970	1984