Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Greenburgh grades B+ overall, ranked 230th of 745 in New York. It is among the most walkable places in the country. Residents are healthier than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $152K. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $697K, 7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 66% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Greenburgh, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. Its National Register listings include Sunnyside and John W. Draper House. Only 86 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Where Greenburgh beats most towns.
Sunnyside is one of 7 National Historic Landmarks here, the National Register’s top tier. Its 40 National Register listings are more than in 97% of New York towns with a listing.
Census counts: 1,450 in 1790, 95,397 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1867 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Greenburgh 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 B+ overall blends very different results.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greenburgh. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw18 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw26 mi MuseumUnited States Military AcademyCentral 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 · United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Greenburgh, 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 Greenburgh.
Greenburgh trades workers with New York City and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of New York, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
For Greenburgh, the trail network density is 2.1 miles per square mile. In 46 parks and preserves, walkers have 74 miles of trail. Irvington Woods, at 269 acres with 8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Greenburgh | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 2.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 10% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Irvington Woods | 8 mi | 269 |
| 2. Old Croton Aqueduct State Park | 5.5 mi | 64 |
| 3. Hillside Park | 3.7 mi | 93 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Each of its 6 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its B−, Scarsdale highest at A+.
Three of its 45 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The 6 public schools in Greenburgh teach 3,635 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardsley Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 790 | A− |
| Edgemont Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 915 | A |
| Dobbs Ferry High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 459 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 9.3% of its 11,965 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
Among adults in Greenburgh, 15% have been diagnosed with depression. The town does better than the New York average on 25 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. In Greenburgh, 23% of adults have obesity, and 12% report frequent mental distress.
| Greenburgh | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 21% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Greenburgh | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 17.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.1% | 12.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
402 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 67 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in Greenburgh since 1978: 402. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Greenburgh after 9 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect July afternoons of 86° and January nights of 23°, with about 33 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Greenburgh has about as many jobs (46,758) as working residents, but only 5,175 people both live and work here. 25.7% of workers work from home, against 14.9% across New York.
Greenburgh: 5.8% of residents live below the poverty line. Most people who work leave Greenburgh to do it: just 13% work in town. In Greenburgh, the average commute is 34 minutes. The top destinations are New York (42%), White Plains (5%) and Mount Pleasant (4%).
| Greenburgh | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $152,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 26% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Reported crimes fell from 818 to 595 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 26 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
Greenburgh’s level of property crime stands at 12.5 per 1,000 residents. The violent crime rate for Greenburgh comes to 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Greenburgh | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 7 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 86% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
On the market in the town: a median 24 days to sell. For Greenburgh, the median rent is $2,316 a month. 73% of the homes sold in Greenburgh went for more than their asking price.
| Greenburgh | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,316 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 51% | 49% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
42 within 15 miles of the center of Greenburgh
About 6 of every 100 Greenburgh residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
10% of the town is conserved land, across 46 parks and preserves.
40 places in Greenburgh on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Greenburgh.
Town in New York, United States
Greenburgh is a town in western Westchester County, New York. The population was 95,397 at the time of the 2020 census. The town consists of 6 villages and an unincorporated area.
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10 towns share a border with Greenburgh.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenburgh | #230 | B+ | D− | B− | B− | A+ |
| Mount Pleasant | #90 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Tarrytown | #49 | A+ | D− | A | A− | A+ |
| White Plains | #324 | B | D− | C+ | B | A |
| Sleepy Hollow | #248 | B+ | D− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Scarsdale | #3 | A+ | D− | A | A+ | A+ |
| North Castle | #34 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Greenville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Mount Pleasant, Sleepy Hollow and North Castle report no FBI crime data of their own. Greenville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Greenburgh with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Greenburgh grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #230 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health, B− for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $697,000, 33% above the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
3 notable people were born here, including David Haughton and Isaac Van Wart.
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