Rye vs Tarrytown

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

Rye and Tarrytown 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 11,752 in Tarrytown). Rye has the higher median household income ($237,727 vs $109,732 in Tarrytown). Rye has the higher median home value ($1,785,400 vs $639,700 in Tarrytown).

Population, income & housing

	Rye	Tarrytown
Population	16,410	11,752
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$237,727	$109,732
Median home value	$1,785,400	$639,700
Median gross rent	$2,751	$2,065
Housing units	6,151	5,648
Homeownership rate	70.6%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rye	Tarrytown
Population	15,820 → 16,410 (+3.7%)	11,436 → 11,752 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$192,688 → $237,727 (+23.4%)	$124,046 → $109,732 (-11.5%)
Median home value	$1,392,100 → $1,785,400 (+28.3%)	$609,400 → $639,700 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,195 → $2,751 (+25.3%)	$1,842 → $2,065 (+12.1%)

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

Tarrytown

Population

11,43611,752

Median household income

$124,046$109,732

Median home value

$609,400$639,700

Median gross rent

$1,842$2,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rye	Tarrytown
Under 5	4.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	24.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	5.7%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	17.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	15.3%
75 and over	8.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rye	Tarrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	59.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rye	Tarrytown
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	7.1%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	10.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	46.7%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rye	Tarrytown
Drove alone	37.4%	54.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	7.8%
Public transit	28.1%	12.9%
Walked	2.9%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	27.1%	20.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rye	Tarrytown
1-unit, detached	63.8%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	18.5%
20 or more units	12.3%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Rye	Tarrytown
Poverty rate	3.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.82	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	39	32
Median year structure built	1957	1956