Dobbs Ferry vs Tarrytown

A side-by-side comparison of Dobbs Ferry and Tarrytown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tarrytown has the higher population (11,752 vs 11,397 in Dobbs Ferry). Dobbs Ferry has the higher median household income ($167,927 vs $109,732 in Tarrytown). Dobbs Ferry has the higher median home value ($719,300 vs $639,700 in Tarrytown).

Population, income & housing

	Dobbs Ferry	Tarrytown
Population	11,397	11,752
Median age	40.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$167,927	$109,732
Median home value	$719,300	$639,700
Median gross rent	$2,346	$2,065
Housing units	4,074	5,648
Homeownership rate	62.3%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.4%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dobbs Ferry	Tarrytown
Population	11,070 → 11,397 (+3.0%)	11,436 → 11,752 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$143,462 → $167,927 (+17.1%)	$124,046 → $109,732 (-11.5%)
Median home value	$671,700 → $719,300 (+7.1%)	$609,400 → $639,700 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,918 → $2,346 (+22.3%)	$1,842 → $2,065 (+12.1%)

Dobbs Ferry

Population

11,07011,397

Median household income

$143,462$167,927

Median home value

$671,700$719,300

Median gross rent

$1,918$2,346

Tarrytown

Population

11,43611,752

Median household income

$124,046$109,732

Median home value

$609,400$639,700

Median gross rent

$1,842$2,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dobbs Ferry	Tarrytown
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.3%
75 and over	7.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dobbs Ferry	Tarrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	59.9%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.4%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dobbs Ferry	Tarrytown
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	10.7%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	40.1%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dobbs Ferry	Tarrytown
Drove alone	46.6%	54.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.8%
Public transit	17.2%	12.9%
Walked	5.4%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.8%	20.5%
Other means	3.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dobbs Ferry	Tarrytown
1-unit, detached	36.5%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	26.5%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	18.5%
20 or more units	12.4%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dobbs Ferry	Tarrytown
Poverty rate	6.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1956	1956