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Population (year 2000): 2,212
Males: 1,026  (46.4%)
Females: 1,186  (53.6%)

Barnstable County

Median resident age:  51.5 years
Massachusetts median age:  36.5 years

Zip codes: 02631.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $48,400 (it was $40,815 in 2000)
Brewster  $48,400
Massachusetts:  $57,184

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $521,000 (it was $232,600 in 2000)
Brewster  $521,000
Massachusetts:  $361,500

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Races in Brewster:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.3%)
  • Hispanic (1.2%)
  • Black (1.1%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)

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Ancestries: Irish (29.4%), English (27.1%), German (15.1%), Italian (9.0%), French (8.8%), Swedish (6.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1803

Elevation: 39 feet

Land area: 3.85 square miles.

Population density: 575 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Brewster

  • High school or higher: 98.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 45.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 16.4%
  • Unemployed: 4.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Brewster CDP

  • Never married: 18.7%
  • Now married: 61.6%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 7.9%
  • Divorced: 11.0%

116 residents are foreign born (4.2% Europe).

This place:  5.2%
Massachusetts:  12.2%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Brewster:  0.9% ($2,182)
Massachusetts:  1.3% ($2,336)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Plymouth, MA (38.5 miles , pop. 51,701).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (79.4 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Queens, NY (267.3 miles , pop. 2,229,379).

Nearest cities: East Harwich, MA (5.1 miles ), Harwich, MA (5.1 miles ), Harwich Center, MA (5.4 miles ), Orleans, MA (5.7 miles ), Northwest Harwich, MA (5.8 miles ), East Dennis, MA (5.8 miles ), Harwich Port, MA (6.8 miles ), South Dennis, MA (7.2 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 96 buildings, average cost: $124,900
  • 1997: 105 buildings, average cost: $139,600
  • 1998: 110 buildings, average cost: $171,300
  • 1999: 119 buildings, average cost: $191,600
  • 2000: 95 buildings, average cost: $195,700
  • 2001: 75 buildings, average cost: $206,300
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 51 buildings, average cost: $314,800
  • 2004: 47 buildings, average cost: $274,200
  • 2005: 49 buildings, average cost: $281,700
  • 2006: 38 buildings, average cost: $171,000

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Latitude: 41.77 N, Longitude: 70.08 W


People in group quarters in Brewster
  • 34 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
  • 19 people in other workers' dormitories
  • 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Area codes: 774, 508

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Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (23%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (11%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
  • Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (7%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Life and physical scientists (6%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Painters and paperhangers (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Life and physical scientists (4%)


Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 18 (15 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  6.78
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Brewster:
  • CAPE COD HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; HYANNIS, MA)
  • REHAB HOSP OF THE CAPE AND ISLANDS (about 26 miles; EAST SANDWICH, MA)
  • NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL (about 34 miles; NANTUCKET, MA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Brewster:
  • BARNSTABLE MUNI-BOARDMAN/POLANDO FIELD (about 15 miles; HYANNIS, MA; ID: HYA)
  • NANTUCKET MEMORIAL (about 36 miles; NANTUCKET, MA; ID: ACK)
  • MARTHAS VINEYARD (about 45 miles; VINEYARD HAVEN, MA; ID: MVY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brewster:
  • CHATHAM MUNI (about 9 miles; CHATHAM, MA; ID: CQX)
  • PROVINCETOWN MUNI (about 23 miles; PROVINCETOWN, MA; ID: PVC)
  • CAPE COD (about 24 miles; MARSTON MILLS, MA; ID: 2B1)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brewster:
  • BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE (about 64 miles; BRIDGEWATER, MA; Full-time enrollment: 6,843)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-DARTMOUTH (about 64 miles; NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA; FT enrollment: 6,071)
  • MASSASOIT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 68 miles; BROCKTON, MA; FT enrollment: 4,161)
  • QUINCY COLLEGE (about 73 miles; QUINCY, MA; FT enrollment: 2,528)
  • STONEHILL COLLEGE (about 73 miles; EASTON, MA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
  • BRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 76 miles; FALL RIVER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,497)
  • BABSON COLLEGE (about 76 miles; WELLESLEY, MA; FT enrollment: 2,659)
Private high school in Brewster:
  • LATHAM SCHOOL (Students: 38; Location: 1646 RTE 6A PO BOX 1879; Grades: 7 - 12; Girls only)
Public elementary/middle schools in Brewster:
  • STONY BROOK ELEMENTARY (Students: 299; Location: 384 UNDERPASS ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
  • EDDY ELEMENTARY (Students: 238; Location: 2298 MAIN STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
Private elementary/middle schools in Brewster:
  • THE LAUREL SCHOOL PRESCHOOL EL (Students: 123; Location: 1436 LONG POND RD; Grades: PK - 7)
  • FAMILY SCHOOL (Students: 15; Location: 3570 ROUTE 6A; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Brewster:
  • BREWSTER LADIES' LIBRARY ASSOC. (Operating income: $443,418; Location: 1822 MAIN STREET; 46,922 books; 948 audio materials; 1,620 video materials; 128 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Brewster: Old Higgins Windmill (A), Breakwater Landing (B), Ellis Landing (C), Drummer Boy Museum (D), Cape Cod Museum of Natural History (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Church in Brewster: Captains Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Foster Cemetery (1), Brewster Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes: Cobbs Pond (A), Schoolhouse Pond (B), Myricks Pond (C), Freemans Pond (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Beaches: Robbins Hill Beach (A), Saints Landing Beach (B), Ellis Landing Beach (C), Town Beach (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Tourist attractions: Fire Museum (1439 Main Street), Brewster Historical Society Museum (Route 6A), Character Building Company Consultant (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 359 Yankee Drive).

Hotels: Bramble Inn & Restaurant (RR 6 Box A), Brewster Green Resort (Vri) (203 Lund Farm Way), Pepper House Inn (2062 Main), Ocean Edge - Resort & Golf Club (Route 6A).

Court: Frederick Court Development Corporation (141 Brewster Apt 101).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Brewster and their reported violations in the past:

BREWSTER WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 30000, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between APR-2005 and JUN-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JAN-19-2006)
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This place:  2.1 people
Massachusetts:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  61.7%
Whole state:  64.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.1%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  6.5%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  3.8%
Whole state:  4.4%

Brewster compared to Massachusetts state average:
  • Median house value significantly above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.


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Banks with branches in Brewster (2007 data):
  • The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank: Brewster Branch at Main Street, branch established on 1969-06-30. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,583.3 mil, Deposits: $1,350.5 mil, headquarters in Harwich Port, MA, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 17 total offices
  • TD BankNorth, National Association: Route 6 Branch at Route 6 And Underpass Road, branch established on 1976-06-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $39,581.7 mil, Deposits: $27,193.6 mil, headquarters in Portland, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 618 total offices, Holding Company: Toronto-Dominion Bank, The
  • Bank of America, National Association: Brewster Place Branch at 873 Harwich Road, branch established on 1996-11-14. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation



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5.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($70,076 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.20%
Massachusetts average:  6.31%

0.18% of residents moved from foreign countries ($744 average AGI)
Barnstable County:  0.18%
Massachusetts average:  0.28%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Plymouth County, MA  0.59% ($50,745 average AGI)
from Middlesex County, MA  0.49% ($89,656)
from Norfolk County, MA  0.41% ($87,563)


5.84% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($56,844 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.84%
Massachusetts average:  6.91%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($480 average AGI)
Barnstable County:  0.06%
Massachusetts average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Plymouth County, MA  0.62% ($63,660 average AGI)
to Middlesex County, MA  0.37% ($60,586)
to Suffolk County, MA  0.36% ($48,529)


Strongest AM radio stations in Brewster:
  • WFPB (1170 AM; daytime; 1 kW; ORLEANS, MA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS)
  • WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WWZN (1510 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WBUR (1240 AM; 1 kW; WEST YARMOUTH, MA; Owner: THE EXEC. COMM. OF TRTS. BOSTON U)
  • WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WAMG (890 AM; 25 kW; DEDHAM, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF DEDHAM LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WRCA (1330 AM; 25 kW; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: WRCA LICENSE, LLC)
  • WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Brewster:
  • WKPE-FM (104.7 FM; ORLEANS, MA; Owner: CRB WKPE LIC CORP.)
  • WFCC-FM (107.5 FM; CHATHAM, MA; Owner: CHARLES RIVER B/CING WFCC LIC. CORP.)
  • WDVT (93.5 FM; HARWICH PORT, MA; Owner: BOCH BROADCASTING, L.P.)
  • WCOD-FM (106.1 FM; HYANNIS, MA; Owner: BOCH BROADCASTING, L.P.)
  • WOCN-FM (103.9 FM; SOUTH YARMOUTH, MA; Owner: SANDAB COMMUNICATIONS LTD. PARTNERSHIP II)
  • WCCT-FM (90.3 FM; HARWICH, MA; Owner: CAPE COD REGIONAL TECH HIGH SCHOOL)
  • WXTK (95.1 FM; WEST YARMOUTH, MA; Owner: BOCH BROADCASTING LTD. PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPXC (102.9 FM; HYANNIS, MA; Owner: QANTUM OF CAPE COD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WQRC (99.9 FM; BARNSTABLE, MA; Owner: SANDAB COMMUNICATION LTD. PNR/SHP II)
  • WCDJ (102.3 FM; TRURO, MA; Owner: TRURO WIRELESS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Brewster:
  • W08CH (Channel 8; HYANNIS, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WDPX (Channel 58; VINEYARD HAVEN, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)
  • WMPX-LP (Channel 67; DENNIS, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)

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