Brewster Hill vs Lake Carmel

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

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

Lake Carmel has the higher population (8,090 vs 2,211 in Brewster Hill). Lake Carmel has the higher median household income ($121,402 vs $96,540 in Brewster Hill). Brewster Hill has the higher median home value ($416,200 vs $357,500 in Lake Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster Hill	Lake Carmel
Population	2,211	8,090
Median age	49.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,540	$121,402
Median home value	$416,200	$357,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,479
Housing units	1,027	3,088
Homeownership rate	95.7%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster Hill	Lake Carmel
Population	2,196 → 2,211 (+0.7%)	8,067 → 8,090 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$78,952 → $96,540 (+22.3%)	$89,360 → $121,402 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$344,100 → $416,200 (+21.0%)	$277,500 → $357,500 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,808 → $1,479 (-18.2%)

Brewster Hill

Population

2,1962,211

Median household income

$78,952$96,540

Median home value

$344,100$416,200

Lake Carmel

Population

8,0678,090

Median household income

$89,360$121,402

Median home value

$277,500$357,500

Median gross rent

$1,808$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster Hill	Lake Carmel
Under 5	4.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	1.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	18.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	18.3%	9.0%
75 and over	7.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster Hill	Lake Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster Hill	Lake Carmel
No high school diploma	15.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	16.9%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster Hill	Lake Carmel
Drove alone	64.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	24.6%	12.8%
Public transit	3.9%	3.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	8.9%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster Hill	Lake Carmel
1-unit, detached	89.5%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Brewster Hill	Lake Carmel
Poverty rate	15.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1970	1956