Brewster vs Cold Spring

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

Brewster and Cold Spring 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 1,868 in Cold Spring). Cold Spring has the higher median household income ($116,635 vs $65,881 in Brewster). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($590,600 vs $351,800 in Brewster).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Cold Spring
Population	2,510	1,868
Median age	34.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,881	$116,635
Median home value	$351,800	$590,600
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,734
Housing units	1,014	963
Homeownership rate	20.7%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	69.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Cold Spring
Population	2,228 → 2,510 (+12.7%)	1,775 → 1,868 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$54,850 → $65,881 (+20.1%)	$98,056 → $116,635 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $351,800 (+28.4%)	$474,700 → $590,600 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,667 (+29.4%)	$1,445 → $1,734 (+20.0%)

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

Cold Spring

Population

1,7751,868

Median household income

$98,056$116,635

Median home value

$474,700$590,600

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Cold Spring
Under 5	2.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	26.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	17.7%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	8.1%	16.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.6%
75 and over	5.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Cold Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	30.2%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	62.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Cold Spring
No high school diploma	23.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Cold Spring
Drove alone	67.6%	37.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	0.0%
Public transit	6.0%	27.9%
Walked	5.5%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	23.7%
Other means	3.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Cold Spring
1-unit, detached	23.8%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	52.1%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	15.7%
20 or more units	9.2%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Cold Spring
Poverty rate	12.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	50
Median year structure built	1938	1953