Brewster vs Lake Carmel

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

Brewster 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 2,510 in Brewster). Lake Carmel has the higher median household income ($121,402 vs $65,881 in Brewster). Lake Carmel has the higher median home value ($357,500 vs $351,800 in Brewster).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Lake Carmel
Population	2,510	8,090
Median age	34.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,881	$121,402
Median home value	$351,800	$357,500
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,479
Housing units	1,014	3,088
Homeownership rate	20.7%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Lake Carmel
Population	2,228 → 2,510 (+12.7%)	8,067 → 8,090 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$54,850 → $65,881 (+20.1%)	$89,360 → $121,402 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $351,800 (+28.4%)	$277,500 → $357,500 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,667 (+29.4%)	$1,808 → $1,479 (-18.2%)

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

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	Lake Carmel
Under 5	2.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	26.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	16.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.0%
75 and over	5.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Lake Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	30.2%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	62.9%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Lake Carmel
No high school diploma	23.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Lake Carmel
Drove alone	67.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	12.8%
Public transit	6.0%	3.7%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.9%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Lake Carmel
1-unit, detached	23.8%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	52.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Lake Carmel
Poverty rate	12.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	23	39
Median year structure built	1938	1956