Rye vs Scarsdale

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

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

Scarsdale has the higher population (18,005 vs 16,410 in Rye). Scarsdale has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $237,727 in Rye). Rye has the higher median home value ($1,785,400 vs $1,703,800 in Scarsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Rye	Scarsdale
Population	16,410	18,005
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$237,727	$250,001
Median home value	$1,785,400	$1,703,800
Median gross rent	$2,751	$3,501
Housing units	6,151	5,847
Homeownership rate	70.6%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	90.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rye	Scarsdale
Population	15,820 → 16,410 (+3.7%)	17,837 → 18,005 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$192,688 → $237,727 (+23.4%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$1,392,100 → $1,785,400 (+28.3%)	$1,448,300 → $1,703,800 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,195 → $2,751 (+25.3%)	$2,744 → $3,501 (+27.6%)

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

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)

	Rye	Scarsdale
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	24.7%	27.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.7%	3.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	16.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.4%
75 and over	8.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rye	Scarsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	66.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	18.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rye	Scarsdale
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	7.1%	2.7%
Some college or associate's	10.0%	4.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	46.7%	64.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rye	Scarsdale
Drove alone	37.4%	27.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	4.9%
Public transit	28.1%	29.8%
Walked	2.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	33.2%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rye	Scarsdale
1-unit, detached	63.8%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	12.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rye	Scarsdale
Poverty rate	3.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.82	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	39	42
Median year structure built	1957	1943