Brewster vs Richville

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

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

Richville has the higher population (2,971 vs 2,112 in Brewster). Richville has the higher median household income ($70,274 vs $56,953 in Brewster). Richville has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $133,200 in Brewster).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster	Richville
Population	2,112	2,971
Median age	45.9 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,953	$70,274
Median home value	$133,200	$166,700
Median gross rent	$943	$1,023
Housing units	833	1,378
Homeownership rate	68.1%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster	Richville
Population	2,161 → 2,112 (-2.3%)	3,054 → 2,971 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$44,353 → $56,953 (+28.4%)	$62,790 → $70,274 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $133,200 (+32.4%)	$129,200 → $166,700 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $943 (+29.5%)	$790 → $1,023 (+29.5%)

Brewster

Population

2,1612,112

Median household income

$44,353$56,953

Median home value

$100,600$133,200

Median gross rent

$728$943

Richville

Population

3,0542,971

Median household income

$62,790$70,274

Median home value

$129,200$166,700

Median gross rent

$790$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster	Richville
Under 5	4.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	18.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	16.8%
75 and over	11.5%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster	Richville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster	Richville
No high school diploma	11.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	47.4%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster	Richville
Drove alone	86.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster	Richville
1-unit, detached	75.9%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Brewster	Richville
Poverty rate	11.7%	1.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1959	1965