Brewster vs Putnam Lake

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

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

Putnam Lake has the higher population (3,673 vs 2,510 in Brewster). Putnam Lake has the higher median household income ($105,284 vs $65,881 in Brewster). Brewster has the higher median home value ($351,800 vs $308,600 in Putnam Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Putnam Lake
Population	2,510	3,673
Median age	34.8 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,881	$105,284
Median home value	$351,800	$308,600
Median gross rent	$1,667	$2,568
Housing units	1,014	1,582
Homeownership rate	20.7%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Putnam Lake
Population	2,228 → 2,510 (+12.7%)	3,455 → 3,673 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$54,850 → $65,881 (+20.1%)	$91,793 → $105,284 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $351,800 (+28.4%)	$235,300 → $308,600 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,667 (+29.4%)	$1,647 → $2,568 (+55.9%)

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

Putnam Lake

Population

3,4553,673

Median household income

$91,793$105,284

Median home value

$235,300$308,600

Median gross rent

$1,647$2,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Putnam Lake
Under 5	2.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	26.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	20.4%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.5%
75 and over	5.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Putnam Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	30.2%	61.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	62.9%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Putnam Lake
No high school diploma	23.7%	10.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Putnam Lake
Drove alone	67.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.4%
Public transit	6.0%	6.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.2%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Putnam Lake
1-unit, detached	23.8%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	52.1%	5.4%
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	Putnam Lake
Poverty rate	12.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	39
Median year structure built	1938	1952