Eastchester vs Scarsdale

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

Eastchester and Scarsdale 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 18,005 in Scarsdale). Scarsdale has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $158,526 in Eastchester). Scarsdale has the higher median home value ($1,703,800 vs $774,200 in Eastchester).

Population, income & housing

	Eastchester	Scarsdale
Population	20,519	18,005
Median age	45.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$158,526	$250,001
Median home value	$774,200	$1,703,800
Median gross rent	$2,273	$3,501
Housing units	8,303	5,847
Homeownership rate	79.6%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	90.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastchester	Scarsdale
Population	19,990 → 20,519 (+2.6%)	17,837 → 18,005 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$130,926 → $158,526 (+21.1%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$595,200 → $774,200 (+30.1%)	$1,448,300 → $1,703,800 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,273 (+20.3%)	$2,744 → $3,501 (+27.6%)

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

Scarsdale

Population

17,83718,005

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,448,300$1,703,800

Median gross rent

$2,744$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastchester	Scarsdale
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	27.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	3.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.4%
75 and over	10.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastchester	Scarsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	66.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	18.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastchester	Scarsdale
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	12.5%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	4.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	64.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastchester	Scarsdale
Drove alone	55.4%	27.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.9%
Public transit	17.9%	29.8%
Walked	2.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	33.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastchester	Scarsdale
1-unit, detached	51.9%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.7%
20 or more units	28.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastchester	Scarsdale
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.60	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	34	42
Median year structure built	1952	1943