Jefferson Valley-Yorktown vs Rye

A side-by-side comparison of Jefferson Valley-Yorktown and Rye: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rye has the higher population (16,410 vs 14,195 in Jefferson Valley-Yorktown). Rye has the higher median household income ($237,727 vs $152,948 in Jefferson Valley-Yorktown). Rye has the higher median home value ($1,785,400 vs $566,800 in Jefferson Valley-Yorktown).

Population, income & housing

	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	Rye
Population	14,195	16,410
Median age	46.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$152,948	$237,727
Median home value	$566,800	$1,785,400
Median gross rent	$2,078	$2,751
Housing units	5,385	6,151
Homeownership rate	89.7%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	80.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	Rye
Population	14,205 → 14,195 (-0.1%)	15,820 → 16,410 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$129,797 → $152,948 (+17.8%)	$192,688 → $237,727 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$422,000 → $566,800 (+34.3%)	$1,392,100 → $1,785,400 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,680 → $2,078 (+23.7%)	$2,195 → $2,751 (+25.3%)

Jefferson Valley-Yorktown

Population

14,20514,195

Median household income

$129,797$152,948

Median home value

$422,000$566,800

Median gross rent

$1,680$2,078

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)

	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	Rye
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	24.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	5.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.5%
75 and over	9.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	Rye
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	76.2%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.6%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	Rye
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.6%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	46.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	Rye
Drove alone	67.2%	37.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	2.2%
Public transit	6.1%	28.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	27.1%
Other means	1.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	Rye
1-unit, detached	74.4%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	Rye
Poverty rate	4.0%	3.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	39	39
Median year structure built	1968	1957