Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
31,479 people live in this town, settled in 1812.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Overall, Mamaroneck earns an A: better than 89% of U.S. towns, and 94th of 745 in New York. Health is where it shines (A+): it is healthier than 98% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.1 million, 10.9 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. The town has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Winged Foot Golf Club and US Post Office-Larchmont. 71% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, against 32% in New York’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. This New York town is among the most walkable places in the country. Its concentration of trails is 1.0 miles per square mile, above both the New York town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where Mamaroneck beats most towns.
Winged Foot Golf Club is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
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.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 1%), so the A overall blends very different results.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mamaroneck. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw15 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw17 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw19 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 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in New York, trades workers with New York City and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of New York.
Trails total 14 miles in 22 parks and preserves. Saxon Woods Park, at 200 acres with 4.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. For Mamaroneck, the concentration of trails is 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Mamaroneck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.0 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saxon Woods Park | 4.4 mi | 200 |
| 2. Harbor Island Park | 1.6 mi | 45 |
| 3. Sheldrake River Trails | 1.5 mi | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.08M.
The public schools here belong to the Mamaroneck Union Free School District. Of its 9 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason. 4 public schools serve Mamaroneck, with 2,472 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hommocks SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,284 | B+ |
| Mamaroneck High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,764 | A+ |
| Murray Avenue SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 689 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 8.2% of its 15,163 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
17% of adults get no exercise outside work in Mamaroneck. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Mamaroneck is ahead of New York on 23 and behind on 1. Two figures for adults here: 12% report frequent mental distress, 16% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Mamaroneck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mamaroneck | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.1% | 12.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Dobbs Ferry-ardsley weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 19 days a year reach 90°, the highest of 2,222 New York places with climate records. The Dobbs Ferry-ardsley weather station, 8 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 189 days, the #2 highest of 2,222 New York places with climate records.
The midsummer high in Mamaroneck is 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Mamaroneck has about as many jobs (9,531) as working residents, but only 1,108 people both live and work here. 27.3% of workers work from home, against 14.9% across New York.
For Mamaroneck, the average trip to work is 37 minutes. Just a tenth of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Among residents here, 7.4% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are New York (44%), New Rochelle (3%) and White Plains (3%).
| Mamaroneck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $164,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 27% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Mamaroneck's reported crime rate is well below New York's. The rate of reported violence for Mamaroneck comes to 0.1 per 1,000 residents. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.
| Mamaroneck | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
524 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 65 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1978, 524 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mamaroneck. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Mamaroneck households in 8 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021. Expected losses in Mamaroneck break down as 76% from inland flooding and 7% from coastal flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
55 within 15 miles of the center of Mamaroneck
About 4 of every 100 Mamaroneck residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
8 places in Mamaroneck on the National Register of Historic Places.
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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8 towns share a border with Mamaroneck.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mamaroneck | #94 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Harrison · Harrison | #72 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Rye | #353 | B | D− | — | B | A− |
| Mamaroneck | #138 | A− | D− | B+ | A | A |
| New Rochelle | #336 | B | D− | B− | B− | A |
| Scarsdale | #3 | A+ | D− | A | A+ | A+ |
| Larchmont | #70 | A | D− | B+ | A | 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 89% of U.S. towns and #94 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health 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−.
6 notable people were born here, including Morgan Farley and Anna Marguerite McCann.
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