Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Bronxville is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, ranked 10th of 745 in New York. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates, its schools outperform 98% of the state's, and the median household earns $216K. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.4 million, 14.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 78% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Bronxville, against 32% in New York’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Bronxville is among the most walkable places in the country. Only 9 of the 758 New York towns we compare have a higher July high than Bronxville.
Where Bronxville beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Bronxville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 17.2% |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Bronxville is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 2%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 395 in 1880, 6,656 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1867 and 7 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bronxville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw13 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw15 mi TheatreStudio 54Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bronxville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Bronxville.
Bronxville has less food insecurity than most of New York, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York and has a long record of flood insurance claims.
At 14.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.43M) costs more against local pay than in 97% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. Values fell 4.2% in the past year while the New York typical home rose 5.6%.
The median rent in Bronxville is $3,501 a month. Typical home values fell 4.2% in the year to September 2026. 84% of Bronxville households own their home.
| Bronxville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 84% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 5.7% of its 4,671 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
22% of adults have obesity in Bronxville. Bronxville beats the New York average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bronxville.
| Bronxville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.8% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bronxville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.1% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 43 to 23 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Bronxville’s violent crime rate is 0 per 1,000 residents.
| Bronxville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Bronxville has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 25° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 2,162 working residents takes 41.3 minutes, against 32.6 across New York. 23.8% of workers work from home, against 14.9% across New York.
Most working residents leave Bronxville for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Bronxville has lost 339 jobs, to 3,205 in 2023. The top destinations are New York (53%), Eastchester (8%) and Greenburgh (3%).
| Bronxville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 41 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $216,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 24% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
222 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 20 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 222 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bronxville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Bronxville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bronx River Park | — | 6 |
| 2. Maltby Park | 0.2 mi | 2 |
| 3. Bronxville Dog Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
63 within 15 miles of the center of Bronxville
About 5 of every 100 Bronxville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
48 notable people were born in Bronxville.
Village in Westchester County, New York, United States
Bronxville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, located approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Midtown Manhattan. It is part of the town of Eastchester. The village comprises one square mile (2.5 km2) of land in its entirety, approximately 20% of the town of Eastchester. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Bronxville had a population of 6,656.
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4 towns share a border with Bronxville.
At #10 in NY, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Tuckahoe (A+) comes closest.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronxville | #10 | A+ | D− | A | A+ | A+ |
| Eastchester | #16 | A+ | D− | A | A | A+ |
| Yonkers | #552 | C | D− | C+ | C+ | B |
| Tuckahoe | #14 | A+ | D− | A+ | A | A+ |
| Mount Vernon | #684 | D | D | C− | C− | B− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Bronxville grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #10 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health, A for safety and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
48 notable people were born here, including Dennis M. Ritchie and Lawrence Kohlberg.
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