Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0Household incomes put Bronxville near the very top of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Poverty touches 4.6% of residents, against 14.0% across New York. For jobs and income Bronxville is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is among the most walkable U.S. towns (A+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bronxville and work: the main findings
More than half of Bronxville works in New York City
1,203 working residents, 53%, have their main job in New York City, 20 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Bronxville itself. The commute map ↓
Bronxville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (35 to 37 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Bronxville
24% of Bronxville workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Bronxville is services
89% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Bronxville’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car is its strongest input (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bronxville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
53% of working residents work in New York City
Where Bronxville clocks in
53% of workers
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Bronxville spends getting to work: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bronxville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,131 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Bronxville
3,342 jobs are based in Bronxville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bronxville, 2014 → 2024: 3,549 → 3,342. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bronxville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Bronxville, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,139 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 3,213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Bronxville on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Bronxville
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bronxville is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bronxville is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #3 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Bronxville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,797 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 30.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.7% of Bronxville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 53% of Bronxville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bronxville is 167th among 3,218 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 14 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Edgewood KY | 8,503 | $119K | 3.8% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| 166 | Addis LA | 7,679 | $108K | 3.2% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 167 | Bronxville NY | 6,504 | $216K | 4.6% | 3.8% | 6% | A+ |
| 168 | Topsfield MA | 6,626 | $196K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 6% | A+ |
| 169 | East Marlborough Township PA | 7,924 | $156K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,218 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bronxville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bronxville and its neighbors: 10% work next door
The biggest share goes to Eastchester (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bronxville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronxville | – | A+ | A+ | 41 min | $215,815 |
| Eastchester | 7% | A+ | A+ | 36 min | $155,726 |
| Yonkers | 3% | B− | A+ | 36 min | $83,549 |
| Tuckahoe | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 37 min | $104,375 |
| Mount Vernon | under 2% | B− | A+ | 35 min | $78,779 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bronxville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bronxville: questions
What is the median household income in Bronxville?
$215,815 (±$32,506) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bronxville?
4.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bronxville?
41 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bronxville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (53%, 20 mi), Eastchester (7%, 1 mi), Yonkers (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bronxville walkable?
Bronxville is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.7 out of 20, and 57% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bronxville without a car?
53% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bronxville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bronxville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.