Even though Brewster is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly taxis for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The citizens of Brewster are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.82% of adults in Brewster having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Brewster in 2022 was $34,182, 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 $136,728 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 62.87% 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Brewster include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Swedish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Brewster's cultural character, accounting for 42.99% of the village’s population.
The most common language spoken in Brewster is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Other Indo-European.
