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Scarsdale town, Westchester County, NY

18,005 Population
6.7 square miles 2,697.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Westchester County: 41.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$181,917 ±$24,777 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Westchester County: $70,607 ±$1,060
  • more than double the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$250,001 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Westchester County: $118,411 ±$1,860
  • more than double the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

2.4% ±1.2% (427  ±216) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Westchester County: 8.9% 86,670 (±0.4% / ±4,053)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

41.6 minutes ±6.3 (222,145  ±23,007) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Westchester County: 34.7 13,923,585 (±0.4 / ±229,240)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

5,476 ±257 Number of households
  • Westchester County: 370,256 ±1,368
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
3.3 ±0.2 (17,969  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Westchester County: 2.6 971,902 (±0 / ±252)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.6% ±1.2% (102  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Westchester County: 4.8% 10,882 (±0.4% / ±801)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

5,847 ±280 Number of housing units
  • Westchester County: 391,861 ±167
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$1,703,800 ±$78,079 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Westchester County: $638,400 ±$5,219
  • more than double the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

10.7% ±3% (1,910  ±529.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Westchester County: 9.1% 89,451 (±0.4% / ±4,112.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

97.8% ±3.9% (10,824  ±560.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Westchester County: 89.4% 622,982 (±0.9% / ±6,559.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
90.7% ±3.8% (10,037  ±536.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Westchester County: 52.5% 366,101 (±0.7% / ±4,667.8)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

24.3% ±3.7% (4,378  ±660) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Westchester County: 25.6% 255,348
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

1.8% ±0.6% (214  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Westchester County: 3% 23,744 (±0.2% / ±1,441)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
214 Total veterans ±70 198 Male ±66 16 Female ±20

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