Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mamaroneck grades A− overall, 138th among New York's 745 graded towns. Few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its public schools beat 91% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $717K for a typical one and 7.2 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Mamaroneck’s median rent is $2,157 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,098 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Harbor Island Park, at 45 acres with 1.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Mamaroneck beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 10% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Mamaroneck 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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 452 in 1790, a low of 452 in 1790, 31,758 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1872 and 5 maps from 1897 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mamaroneck. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw16 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife 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 · 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 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mamaroneck, 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 Mamaroneck.
Mamaroneck trades workers with New York City and other neighbors and is safe by national standards but not by New York’s; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
16% of Mamaroneck adults have been diagnosed with depression. Mamaroneck beats the New York average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 25% of Mamaroneck adults have obesity.
| Mamaroneck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Mamaroneck | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6.1% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Mamaroneck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harbor Island Park | 1.6 mi | 45 |
| 2. Florence Park | 0.6 mi | 9 |
| 3. Columbus Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mamaroneck has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 26° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 13.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 51% of New York’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 217 to 118 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Mamaroneck’s property crime rate is 5.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Mamaroneck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.1 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Mamaroneck has about as many jobs (7,120) as working residents, but only 873 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Mamaroneck for work: only 12% work in town. The median household income in Mamaroneck is $120,000. The top destinations are New York (38%), Mamaroneck (11%) and Rye (5%).
| Mamaroneck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $120,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1,767 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 272 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 1,767 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mamaroneck.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 7.2 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 87% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
57% of households own their home in Mamaroneck.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
46 within 15 miles of the center of Mamaroneck
About 5 of every 100 Mamaroneck residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
6 notable people were born in Mamaroneck.
Town in New York, United States
Mamaroneck ( mə-MARR-ə-nek) is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 31,758 at the 2020 United States census over 29,156 at the 2010 census. There are two villages contained within the town: Larchmont and the Village of Mamaroneck (part of which is located in the adjacent town of Rye). The majority of the town's land area is not within either village, constituting an unincorporated area, although a majority of the population lives within the villages. Legally, the unincorporated section and the villages constitute the town as a political and governmental subdivision of New York State. The town is led by a town board, composed of five town board members, w…
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5 towns share a border with Mamaroneck.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mamaroneck | #138 | A− | D− | B+ | A | A |
| Mamaroneck | #94 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Harrison · Harrison | #72 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Rye | #353 | B | D− | — | B | A− |
| Rye | #11 | A+ | D− | A+ | A+ | A+ |
Mamaroneck, Harrison and Rye report no FBI crime data of their own. Harrison and Harrison are one community, graded once. Compare Mamaroneck with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mamaroneck grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #138 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. The typical home is worth about $717,000, 37% 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−.
6 notable people were born here, including Morgan Farley and Anna Marguerite McCann.
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