Brewster’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
In Brewster, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day though Brewster is a relatively small village. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, Brewster is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.11% of adults 25 and older in Brewster have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Brewster in 2022 was $34,983, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,932 for a family of four. However, Brewster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brewster is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Brewster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Brewster, accounting for 59.36% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Brewster residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brewster include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Scottish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Brewster's cultural character, accounting for 40.37% of the village’s population.
The most common language spoken in Brewster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
