Brewster Hill vs Putnam Lake

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

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

Putnam Lake has the higher population (3,673 vs 2,211 in Brewster Hill). Putnam Lake has the higher median household income ($105,284 vs $96,540 in Brewster Hill). Brewster Hill has the higher median home value ($416,200 vs $308,600 in Putnam Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster Hill	Putnam Lake
Population	2,211	3,673
Median age	49.6 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,540	$105,284
Median home value	$416,200	$308,600
Median gross rent	—	$2,568
Housing units	1,027	1,582
Homeownership rate	95.7%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster Hill	Putnam Lake
Population	2,196 → 2,211 (+0.7%)	3,455 → 3,673 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$78,952 → $96,540 (+22.3%)	$91,793 → $105,284 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$344,100 → $416,200 (+21.0%)	$235,300 → $308,600 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,647 → $2,568 (+55.9%)

Brewster Hill

Population

2,1962,211

Median household income

$78,952$96,540

Median home value

$344,100$416,200

Putnam Lake

Population

3,4553,673

Median household income

$91,793$105,284

Median home value

$235,300$308,600

Median gross rent

$1,647$2,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster Hill	Putnam Lake
Under 5	4.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	1.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	18.3%	8.5%
75 and over	7.6%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster Hill	Putnam Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	61.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster Hill	Putnam Lake
No high school diploma	15.7%	10.8%
High school graduate	16.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster Hill	Putnam Lake
Drove alone	64.9%	74.5%
Carpooled	24.6%	9.4%
Public transit	3.9%	6.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	10.2%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster Hill	Putnam Lake
1-unit, detached	89.5%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster Hill	Putnam Lake
Poverty rate	15.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1970	1952