Eastchester vs Rye

A side-by-side comparison of Eastchester and Rye: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eastchester has the higher population (20,519 vs 16,410 in Rye). Rye has the higher median household income ($237,727 vs $158,526 in Eastchester). Rye has the higher median home value ($1,785,400 vs $774,200 in Eastchester).

Population, income & housing

	Eastchester	Rye
Population	20,519	16,410
Median age	45.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$158,526	$237,727
Median home value	$774,200	$1,785,400
Median gross rent	$2,273	$2,751
Housing units	8,303	6,151
Homeownership rate	79.6%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	80.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastchester	Rye
Population	19,990 → 20,519 (+2.6%)	15,820 → 16,410 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$130,926 → $158,526 (+21.1%)	$192,688 → $237,727 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$595,200 → $774,200 (+30.1%)	$1,392,100 → $1,785,400 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,273 (+20.3%)	$2,195 → $2,751 (+25.3%)

Eastchester

Population

19,99020,519

Median household income

$130,926$158,526

Median home value

$595,200$774,200

Median gross rent

$1,889$2,273

Rye

Population

15,82016,410

Median household income

$192,688$237,727

Median home value

$1,392,100$1,785,400

Median gross rent

$2,195$2,751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastchester	Rye
Under 5	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	17.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	6.5%
75 and over	10.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastchester	Rye
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	76.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	11.4%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastchester	Rye
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	12.5%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	46.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastchester	Rye
Drove alone	55.4%	37.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.2%
Public transit	17.9%	28.1%
Walked	2.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	27.1%
Other means	1.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastchester	Rye
1-unit, detached	51.9%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	10.0%
20 or more units	28.4%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Eastchester	Rye
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1952	1957