Brewster vs Nelsonville

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

Brewster and Nelsonville 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 714 in Nelsonville). Nelsonville has the higher median household income ($133,125 vs $65,881 in Brewster). Nelsonville has the higher median home value ($577,200 vs $351,800 in Brewster).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Nelsonville
Population	2,510	714
Median age	34.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,881	$133,125
Median home value	$351,800	$577,200
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,855
Housing units	1,014	277
Homeownership rate	20.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Nelsonville
Population	2,228 → 2,510 (+12.7%)	658 → 714 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$54,850 → $65,881 (+20.1%)	$111,250 → $133,125 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $351,800 (+28.4%)	$493,100 → $577,200 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,667 (+29.4%)	$1,638 → $1,855 (+13.2%)

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

Nelsonville

Population

658714

Median household income

$111,250$133,125

Median home value

$493,100$577,200

Median gross rent

$1,638$1,855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Nelsonville
Under 5	2.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.7%	23.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.6%
25 to 34	26.3%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.1%
75 and over	5.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Nelsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	30.2%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	62.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Nelsonville
No high school diploma	23.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Nelsonville
Drove alone	67.6%	65.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	2.7%
Public transit	6.0%	4.5%
Walked	5.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	20.7%
Other means	3.3%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Nelsonville
1-unit, detached	23.8%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	52.1%	27.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Nelsonville
Poverty rate	12.4%	3.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938