Scarsdale vs Tarrytown

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

Scarsdale and Tarrytown 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 11,752 in Tarrytown). Scarsdale has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $109,732 in Tarrytown). Scarsdale has the higher median home value ($1,703,800 vs $639,700 in Tarrytown).

Population, income & housing

	Scarsdale	Tarrytown
Population	18,005	11,752
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$109,732
Median home value	$1,703,800	$639,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,065
Housing units	5,847	5,648
Homeownership rate	92.2%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	90.7%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scarsdale	Tarrytown
Population	17,837 → 18,005 (+0.9%)	11,436 → 11,752 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$124,046 → $109,732 (-11.5%)
Median home value	$1,448,300 → $1,703,800 (+17.6%)	$609,400 → $639,700 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,744 → $3,501 (+27.6%)	$1,842 → $2,065 (+12.1%)

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

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)

	Scarsdale	Tarrytown
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	27.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	3.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.3%
75 and over	6.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scarsdale	Tarrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	59.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.8%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scarsdale	Tarrytown
No high school diploma	2.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	2.7%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	4.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	64.7%	32.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scarsdale	Tarrytown
Drove alone	27.9%	54.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.8%
Public transit	29.8%	12.9%
Walked	3.1%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	33.2%	20.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scarsdale	Tarrytown
1-unit, detached	93.0%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	18.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Scarsdale	Tarrytown
Poverty rate	2.4%	7.2%
Average household size	3.28	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	42	32
Median year structure built	1943	1956