Westchester County, New York

999,677 people. The median home is worth $663,200 (typical New York town: $217,700) and the median household earns $118,976.

Towns in Westchester County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Yonkers	211,569	$501,600	$83,549	39.9
Greenburgh	95,397	$697,100	$152,256	42.8
New Rochelle	79,726	$702,500	$109,167	42.3
Mount Vernon	73,893	$484,000	$78,779	40.7
White Plains	59,559	$620,800	$110,763	41.5
Mount Pleasant	44,436	$788,900	$142,857	41.0
Cortlandt	42,545	$579,500	$140,030	44.6
Ossining	40,061	$552,900	$125,539	43.5
Yorktown	36,569	$606,800	$167,091	45.6
Eastchester	34,641	$806,300	$155,726	43.7
Mamaroneck	31,758	$1,076,700	$163,781	40.4
Port Chester	31,693	$582,600	$92,222	39.0
Harrison	28,218	$1,010,700	$164,250	37.2
Ossining	27,551	$449,100	$103,573	40.7
Peekskill	25,431	$395,600	$85,954	41.8
Somers	21,541	$646,000	$169,894	49.5
Eastchester	20,901	$790,100	$157,202	44.8
Mamaroneck	20,151	$717,200	$120,000	40.3
New Castle	18,311	$1,038,800	$250,001	42.2
Scarsdale	18,253	$1,800,700	$250,001	41.5
Bedford	17,309	$938,800	$196,034	43.1
Rye	16,592	$1,819,900	$239,815	42.5
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	14,444	$591,800	$157,083	47.4
Pelham	13,078	$974,300	$210,813	40.4
North Castle	12,408	$1,088,500	$208,156	42.2
Lewisboro	12,265	$820,900	$231,953	47.6
Tarrytown	11,860	$685,300	$107,106	42.0
Dobbs Ferry	11,541	$765,500	$165,417	41.5
Mount Kisco	10,959	$478,300	$96,534	40.9
Rye Brook	10,047	$1,016,100	$246,944	42.9
Sleepy Hollow	9,986	$746,800	$104,313	41.9
Greenville	9,394	$858,200	$171,540	44.8
Hastings-on-Hudson	8,590	$865,200	$193,621	46.3
Croton-on-Hudson	8,327	$712,900	$191,678	46.3
Briarcliff Manor	7,569	$880,300	$229,732	47.7
Pleasantville	7,513	$824,200	$136,406	38.7
Pelham	7,326	$915,800	$184,375	38.9
Tuckahoe	7,084	$621,300	$104,375	43.0
Bronxville	6,656	$1,095,100	$215,815	40.5
Irvington	6,652	$868,100	$173,248	44.1
Larchmont	6,630	$1,635,500	$167,536	38.7
Lake Mohegan	5,896	$503,000	$162,321	43.3
Pelham Manor	5,752	$1,093,300	$250,001	42.4
North Salem	5,243	$670,600	$178,750	43.0
Elmsford	5,239	$641,700	$120,179	30.4
Pound Ridge	5,082	$1,114,500	$250,001	50.5
Ardsley	5,079	$829,900	$243,000	42.5
Hawthorne	4,646	$692,200	$140,856	43.2
Heritage Hills	4,511	$524,800	$105,546	71.8
Armonk	4,495	$1,073,300	$230,357	44.1
Thornwood	3,960	$650,400	$170,398	39.8
Hartsdale	3,377	$355,300	$132,778	49.8
Bedford Hills	3,239	$487,300	$94,024	42.1
Fairview	3,217	$474,500	$99,119	37.9
Valhalla	3,213	$663,500	$134,037	47.8
Montrose	2,862	$422,700	$145,320	31.2
Chappaqua	2,598	$781,100	$241,432	42.9

People and housing

	Westchester County	Typical New York town
Median home value	$663,200	$217,700
Median rent	$1,951	$1,080
Median household income	$118,976	$80,740
Median age	41.8	43.5
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	30.4%
Below the poverty line	9.0%	9.3%

Jobs and pay

429,582 jobs in 2024, average pay $94,317 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 1,075 storm events in Westchester County from 1996 to 2026, with 23 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Westchester County has been included in 32 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
January 30, 2024	Flood	DR-4755: Severe Storm And Flooding
September 5, 2021	Hurricane	DR-4615: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida
September 2, 2021	Hurricane	EM-3572: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida
August 22, 2021	Hurricane	EM-3565: Hurricane Henri
October 2, 2020	Hurricane	DR-4567: Tropical Storm Isaias
March 20, 2020	Biological	DR-4480: Covid-19 Pandemic

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).