Brewster vs Mahopac

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

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

Mahopac has the higher population (9,171 vs 2,510 in Brewster). Mahopac has the higher median household income ($114,867 vs $65,881 in Brewster). Mahopac has the higher median home value ($448,600 vs $351,800 in Brewster).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Mahopac
Population	2,510	9,171
Median age	34.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,881	$114,867
Median home value	$351,800	$448,600
Median gross rent	$1,667	$2,030
Housing units	1,014	3,698
Homeownership rate	20.7%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Mahopac
Population	2,228 → 2,510 (+12.7%)	8,203 → 9,171 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$54,850 → $65,881 (+20.1%)	$89,175 → $114,867 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $351,800 (+28.4%)	$367,500 → $448,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,667 (+29.4%)	$1,349 → $2,030 (+50.5%)

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

Mahopac

Population

8,2039,171

Median household income

$89,175$114,867

Median home value

$367,500$448,600

Median gross rent

$1,349$2,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Mahopac
Under 5	2.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	26.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	16.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.3%	12.4%
75 and over	5.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Mahopac
White (non-Hispanic)	30.2%	68.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	62.9%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Mahopac
No high school diploma	23.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	30.9%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Mahopac
Drove alone	67.6%	71.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.7%
Public transit	6.0%	4.6%
Walked	5.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	14.0%
Other means	3.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Mahopac
1-unit, detached	23.8%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	52.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	9.3%
20 or more units	9.2%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Mahopac
Poverty rate	12.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1938	1966