Bronxville vs Pelham

A side-by-side comparison of Bronxville and Pelham: population, income, housing, and more.

Bronxville and Pelham are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pelham has the higher population (7,247 vs 6,539 in Bronxville). Bronxville has the higher median household income ($215,726 vs $179,561 in Pelham). Bronxville has the higher median home value ($1,137,700 vs $891,900 in Pelham).

Population, income & housing

	Bronxville	Pelham
Population	6,539	7,247
Median age	39.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$215,726	$179,561
Median home value	$1,137,700	$891,900
Median gross rent	$3,355	$2,288
Housing units	2,438	2,319
Homeownership rate	82.4%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bronxville	Pelham
Population	6,409 → 6,539 (+2.0%)	6,941 → 7,247 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$181,286 → $215,726 (+19.0%)	$133,464 → $179,561 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$1,140,300 → $1,137,700 (-0.2%)	$691,800 → $891,900 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,773 → $3,355 (+21.0%)	$1,817 → $2,288 (+25.9%)

Bronxville

Population

6,4096,539

Median household income

$181,286$215,726

Median home value

$1,140,300$1,137,700

Median gross rent

$2,773$3,355

Pelham

Population

6,9417,247

Median household income

$133,464$179,561

Median home value

$691,800$891,900

Median gross rent

$1,817$2,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bronxville	Pelham
Under 5	6.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	23.6%	24.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.6%
75 and over	5.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bronxville	Pelham
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	60.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bronxville	Pelham
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	4.6%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	41.0%	37.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bronxville	Pelham
Drove alone	28.1%	38.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.2%
Public transit	40.7%	23.7%
Walked	4.8%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	24.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bronxville	Pelham
1-unit, detached	36.5%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	21.5%	7.8%
20 or more units	32.4%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bronxville	Pelham
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.88	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	41	36
Median year structure built	1938	1938