Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mount Kisco grades B+ overall, 210th of 745 graded towns in New York. Few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Residents are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $703K, 7.1 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 58% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Mount Kisco, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). Mount Kisco has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them United Methodist Church and Parsonage and St. Mark's Cemetery.
Where Mount Kisco beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Mount Kisco | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 12.8% |
Where Mount Kisco’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Mount Kisco is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 10%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 728 in 1880, 10,959 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1906 and 3 maps from 1955 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Kisco. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw32 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw33 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw32 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearUnited States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Central 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 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Kisco, 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 Mount Kisco.
Mount Kisco draws workers from New York City and beyond and has less tooth loss than most of New York, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New York.
7,442 jobs are based in Mount Kisco, 1.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Mount Kisco for work: only 11% work in town. Mount Kisco’s average trip to work is 33 minutes. Jobs based in Mount Kisco fell to 7,442 in 2023, 750 fewer than in 2013.
| Mount Kisco | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Bedford Central School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kisco Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 503 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
2.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Leonard Park, at 117 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail density in Mount Kisco is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Mount Kisco | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.1% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Leonard Park | 1.1 mi | 117 |
| 2. Marsh Sanctuary East Parcel | — | 49 |
| 3. Marsh Sanctuary Connector | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with New York is tooth loss: 6.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.8% statewide.
16% of Mount Kisco adults have been diagnosed with depression. Mount Kisco beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 26% of Mount Kisco adults have obesity.
| Mount Kisco | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Mount Kisco | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults lacking emotional support | 22% | 26.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 10.4% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 7.1 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $703K) costs more against local pay than in 86% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
Typical home values rose 10% in the year to September 2026.
| Mount Kisco | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,494 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 75% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 41 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mount Kisco.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mount Kisco has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
9 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Kisco
About 4 of every 100 Mount Kisco residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
4 places in Mount Kisco on the National Register of Historic Places.
34 notable people were born in Mount Kisco.
Village and town in the United States
Mount Kisco is a village and town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The town of Mount Kisco is coterminous with the village. The population was 10,959 at the 2020 United States census. It serves as a significant historic site along the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.
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2 towns share a border with Mount Kisco.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kisco | #210 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A |
| New Castle | #42 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Bedford | #31 | A+ | D− | A+ | A− | A+ |
Mount Kisco and New Castle report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mount Kisco with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mount Kisco grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #210 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and B+ 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.
34 notable people were born here, including Caitlyn Jenner and Laura Branigan.
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