Brewster vs Brewster Heights

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

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

Brewster has the higher population (2,510 vs 1,356 in Brewster Heights). Brewster Heights has the higher median household income ($141,563 vs $65,881 in Brewster). Brewster Heights has the higher median home value ($354,500 vs $351,800 in Brewster).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Brewster Heights
Population	2,510	1,356
Median age	34.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,881	$141,563
Median home value	$351,800	$354,500
Median gross rent	$1,667	—
Housing units	1,014	410
Homeownership rate	20.7%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Brewster Heights
Population	2,228 → 2,510 (+12.7%)	1,067 → 1,356 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$54,850 → $65,881 (+20.1%)	$118,448 → $141,563 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $351,800 (+28.4%)	$247,200 → $354,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,667 (+29.4%)	—

Brewster

Population

2,2282,510

Median household income

$54,850$65,881

Median home value

$274,000$351,800

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,667

Brewster Heights

Population

1,0671,356

Median household income

$118,448$141,563

Median home value

$247,200$354,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Brewster Heights
Under 5	2.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	26.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.8%
75 and over	5.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Brewster Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	30.2%	68.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	62.9%	29.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Brewster Heights
No high school diploma	23.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Brewster Heights
Drove alone	67.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	2.1%
Public transit	6.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	14.7%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Brewster Heights
1-unit, detached	23.8%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	23.4%
2 to 4 units	52.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Brewster Heights
Poverty rate	12.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.52	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1938	1959