Census-designated place · Putnam County, New York

Brewster Hill, New York

Brewster Hill is a census-designated place in Putnam County, New York, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area. It has 2,149 residents. Brewster Hill, New York has a quality-of-life score of 93 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,173 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #221 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on premature death (low), violent crime rate (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), effective property tax rate (high) and high school diploma or higher (low).

93Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,173 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #221 of 859 in NY
Population: 2,149 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,469.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 3608092

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety100#7/15,637
Economy58#6,582/15,631
Housing—
Health92#1,255/15,609
Healthcare76#3,814/15,650
Environment93#1,135/15,453
Education53#7,364/15,649
Infrastructure59#6,415/15,650
Community81#2,988/15,651
Leisure & amenities90#1,591/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Brewster Hill, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Putnam County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Premature death · low4,218 /100k
98/100New York 6,219 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePutnam County value
Violent crime rate · low52 /100k
97/100New York 368 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPutnam County value
Property crime rate · low294 /100k
97/100New York 1,575 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPutnam County value
Life expectancy · high82.3 yrs
95/100New York 80.4 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePutnam County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high9.3 /10k
94/100New York 7.5 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPutnam County value
Suicide rate · low7.4 /100k
94/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataPutnam County value

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high30.0 min
2/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Effective property tax rate · high2.13%
5/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
High school diploma or higher · low82.3%
15/100New York 88.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Rent-burdened households · high100.0%
17/100New York 52.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · high4.3×
23/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.405
24/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Poverty rateWorsening
0.6% (2015-2019) → 16.0% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 14.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.3% (2015-2019) → 5.5% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
91.5% (2015-2019) → 82.3% (2020-2024)
−9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$78,952 (2015-2019) → $107,875 (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.6% (2015-2019) → 95.6% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Brewster Hill, New York improved on 0 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Brewster Hill, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.8 min2015-2019	30.0 min2020-2024	−5.8 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	89.6%2015-2019	95.6%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Effective property tax rate	2.25%2015-2019	2.13%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
High school diploma or higher	91.5%2015-2019	82.3%2020-2024	−9.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Home price to income ratio	4.4×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	81%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3632015-2019	0.4052020-2024	+0.042	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$78,9522015-2019	$107,8752020-2024	+37%	Within the margin of error	68%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Brewster Hill, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Brewster Hill, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Brewster Hill, New York itself moved −6.3 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,149 residents (±653)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (−9.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,149 residents (±653)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

White55%1,186
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino22%†464

Education

1,682 residents (±454)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

No high school diploma18%†298
High school or GED20%†332
Some college25%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

833 households (±220)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

Under $25k18%†147
$25k–50k1.9%†16
$50k–75k19%†158
$75k–100k7.9%†66
$100k–150k22%†186
$150k–200k22%†186
$200k or more8.9%†74

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−29.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

833 households (±220)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

Own94%784
Rent5.9%†49

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

49 households (±57)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

Under $75027%†13
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

784 homes (±216)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

Under $150k2.2%†17
$150k–250k3.8%†30
$250k–400k17%†133

Age of homes

927 homes (±243)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–200912%†110
1980–19998.4%†78

Size of homes

927 homes (±243)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

Studio1.4%†13
1 bedroom3.9%†36
2 bedrooms23%†217

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

991 workers (±332)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

Drive alone68%†677
Carpool21%†205
Public transit5.1%†51
Walk0.0%0
Bike1.5%†15
Work from home1.0%†10
Other3.3%†33

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+13.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

981 workers (±330)

Brewster Hill, New York
New York share

Under 15 min33%†323
15–29 min21%†210
30–44 min21%†204

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Putnam County, the county holding most of Brewster Hill's residents.

Putnam County has 2,868 employer establishments, 292 for every 10,000 residents (1.18× the US rate of 248; 1.07× New York's), with 22,380 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,049. The Census Bureau also counts 11,010 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,868; 11,010 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 292; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 22,380
Average annual pay: $57,049; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Putnam County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	368	37.5	2.42×More than typical	1,880	$76,084	907
Construction of buildings	212	21.6	2.86×More than typical	709	$70,230	384
Services to buildings and dwellings	194	19.8	2.93×More than typical	782	$46,066	596
Restaurants and other eating places	188	19.2	1.04×About typical	1,736	$27,911	51
Ambulatory health care services	171	17.4	0.84×About typical	2,404	$73,960	565
Building equipment contractors	159	16.2	2.69×More than typical	927	$75,425	186
Landscaping services	136	13.9	3.96×More than typical	447	$51,906	207
Building finishing contractors	104	10.6	2.79×More than typical	486	$78,204	359
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	99	10.1	3.06×More than typical	608	$77,240	87
Lessors of real estate	89	9.1	0.74×Fewer than typical	162	$48,519	1,428
Full-service restaurants	88	9	1.17×About typical	922	$31,060	23
Personal care services	82	8.4	1.75×More than typical	313	$24,137	218

Rank places for an industry Open Putnam County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 98,110 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1,801 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Brewster Hill, New York: $0.84 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $1,801; −27% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.84; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$1,68794%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1146.3%

Top recipients

TEAHEADSETS CORP.$1,68794%
THE KINETIC GROUP SALES LLC$1146.3%

Spending by fiscal year

37.7KFY2017
44.7KFY2018
115.1KFY2019
45.6KFY2020
30.1KFY2021
14.8KFY2022
4.3KFY2023
2.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Audio and video equipment manufacturing · 3343$1,62090%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$1146.3%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$67.723.8%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Brewster Hill, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Brewster Hill, New York's figures are part of those of Putnam County, NY ($699.7K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.3% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Brewster Hill is mostly in Putnam County.

See federal money in Putnam County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Brewster Hill, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael LawlerR-NY-17 · 100% of residentsWith party 89%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Putnam County97100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ68

Other cities and towns in Putnam County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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