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A town of 11,645, settled in 1828.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Dobbs Ferry grades A overall, 121st among New York's 745 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 98% of the country and its schools outperform 92% of the state's. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $1.0 million, 10.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 70% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Dobbs Ferry, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. Few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. On hazard risk, just 86 of New York’s 1,216 towns do better.
Where Dobbs Ferry beats most towns.
5.9% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Dobbs Ferry is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,915 in 1880, 11,541 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1868 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dobbs Ferry. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw17 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumCentral 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 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dobbs Ferry, 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 Dobbs Ferry.
Dobbs Ferry trades workers with New York City and other neighbors, but it reports more crime than Greenburgh and its other graded neighbors and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
At 10.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.04M) costs more against local pay than in 94% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
Dobbs Ferry’s median rent is $2,369 a month. Typical home values rose 11% in the year to September 2026. 64% of households own their home in Dobbs Ferry.
| Dobbs Ferry | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,369 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 64% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The trail density in Dobbs Ferry is 2.3 miles per square mile. Juhring Nature Preserve, at 75 acres with 2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. 7.3 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves.
| Dobbs Ferry | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 2.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Juhring Nature Preserve | 2 mi | 75 |
| 2. Old Croton Aqueduct State Park | 1.2 mi | 14 |
| 3. Chauncey Park | 0.5 mi | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 8% of its 8,808 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
23% of Dobbs Ferry adults have obesity. Dobbs Ferry beats the New York average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of Dobbs Ferry adults report frequent mental distress.
| Dobbs Ferry | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Dobbs Ferry | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dobbs Ferry.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dobbs Ferry has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Dobbs Ferry has about as many jobs (5,305) as working residents, but only 457 people both live and work here. 26.4% of workers work from home, against 14.9% across New York.
Most working residents leave Dobbs Ferry for work: only 10% work in town. Since 2013, Dobbs Ferry has added 1,223 jobs, to 5,305 in 2023. The top destinations are New York (43%), Greenburgh (18%) and Yonkers (4%).
| Dobbs Ferry | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $165,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 26% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Each of the 4 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Greenburgh (B−) to Hastings-on-Hudson (A). Reported crimes rose from 113 to 164 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
58 within 15 miles of the center of Dobbs Ferry
About 7 of every 100 Dobbs Ferry residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
14 notable people were born in Dobbs Ferry.
Village in New York, United States
Dobbs Ferry is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 10,875 according to the 2010 United States census. In 2021, its population rose to an estimated 11,456. The village of Dobbs Ferry is located in, and is a part of, the town of Greenburgh. The village ZIP Code is 10522. Most of the village falls within the boundaries of the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District. Dobbs Ferry was ranked seventh in the list of the top 10 places to live in New York State for 2014, according to the national online real estate brokerage Movoto. Dobbs Ferry is also the first village in New York State certified as a Climate Smart Community and was granted in 2014 the highest…
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5 towns share a border with Dobbs Ferry.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobbs Ferry | #121 | A | D− | B− | A | A+ |
| Irvington | #12 | A+ | D− | A− | A | A+ |
| Hastings-on-Hudson | #5 | A+ | D | A | A | A+ |
| Ardsley | #32 | A+ | D− | A− | A | A+ |
| Greenburgh | #230 | B+ | D− | B− | B− | A+ |
| Orangetown | #126 | A | D− | — | A− | A |
Orangetown reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Dobbs Ferry with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Dobbs Ferry grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #121 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health, B− 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−.
14 notable people were born here, including Max Greenfield and Paul Fix.
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