Population
4,466 residents
Census ACS 2023 - New York
City profile · New York · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Brewerton - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Brewerton - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Brewerton places in the 72nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Brewerton is a small town in New York, home to 4,466 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $91,164 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 13.5%. Typical homes in Brewerton are valued around $188,400, and the median resident age is 33.1 years. About 38.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 66.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 107.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,392 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New York run around $285, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 91.3 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
Population
4,466 residents
Census ACS 2023 - New York
Median Household Income
$91,164 /yr
Poverty 13.5%
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.9 (US=100)
Above Average - BEA RPP 2024, New York average
Here's how Brewerton stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
For each metric we count every US city with population 1,000+ and a non-null value, then compute what share of them fall below Brewerton's value: round(cities-below ÷ total × 100). Safety is inverted (percentile = share of cities with a higher crime rate) so a higher number always means safer. The in-state rank narrows that same crime-rate comparison to only the cities PlainCities tracks in New York, breaking ties alphabetically. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
72nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Brewerton's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$188,400 Among the most affordable more affordable than 61% of 15,600 US cities
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 2,006 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for New York - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect New York state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a New York state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Brewerton sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Brewerton's 4,466 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
Median-household-income-matched peers from other states, closest to Brewerton's $91,164 (Census ACS 5-Year 2023, table B19013).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
| City | Population | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| Brewerton (this city) | 4,466 | $91,164 |
| Cobleskill | 4,495 | $51,723 |
| Menands | 4,503 | $79,750 |
| Canastota | 4,527 | $71,250 |
Brewerton, NY counts 4,466 residents according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
In Brewerton, the typical household earns $91,164 per year, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Brewerton; the closest available measure is the New York state average, a cost of living index of 107.9 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Above Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within New York vary by metro area.
Homes in Brewerton carry a median value of $188,400, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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