Mamaroneck vs Scarsdale

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

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

Mamaroneck has the higher population (19,840 vs 18,005 in Scarsdale). Scarsdale has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $125,459 in Mamaroneck). Scarsdale has the higher median home value ($1,703,800 vs $705,200 in Mamaroneck).

Population, income & housing

	Mamaroneck	Scarsdale
Population	19,840	18,005
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,459	$250,001
Median home value	$705,200	$1,703,800
Median gross rent	$2,017	$3,501
Housing units	7,692	5,847
Homeownership rate	58.8%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	90.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mamaroneck	Scarsdale
Population	19,217 → 19,840 (+3.2%)	17,837 → 18,005 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$102,138 → $125,459 (+22.8%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$623,400 → $705,200 (+13.1%)	$1,448,300 → $1,703,800 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,936 → $2,017 (+4.2%)	$2,744 → $3,501 (+27.6%)

Mamaroneck

Population

19,21719,840

Median household income

$102,138$125,459

Median home value

$623,400$705,200

Median gross rent

$1,936$2,017

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)

	Mamaroneck	Scarsdale
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	27.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	3.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.4%
75 and over	8.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mamaroneck	Scarsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	66.7%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	18.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	28.5%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mamaroneck	Scarsdale
No high school diploma	11.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	16.0%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	4.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	64.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mamaroneck	Scarsdale
Drove alone	43.4%	27.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.9%
Public transit	18.9%	29.8%
Walked	9.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	33.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mamaroneck	Scarsdale
1-unit, detached	36.9%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	2.7%
20 or more units	18.6%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mamaroneck	Scarsdale
Poverty rate	7.7%	2.4%
Average household size	2.74	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	42
Median year structure built	1952	1943