Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
New Castle does the important things well, at a cost. Its strongest is health: residents are healthier than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. This New York town grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 42nd of 745 in New York. What holds it back is cost of living (D−) — the typical home is worth about $1.0 million, 10.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. The town has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Chappaqua Railroad Depot and Depot Plaza and Greeley House. Just over four in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). New Castle is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where New Castle beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,368 in 1820, 18,311 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1872 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
10 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far New Castle is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Castle. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw29 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw31 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw30 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 New Castle, 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 New Castle.
New Castle has schools in the top 5% of New York 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.
The biggest place to walk is Whippoorwill Park, 208 acres with 3.9 miles of trail. In 22 parks and preserves, walkers have 28 miles of trail. New Castle’s trail network density comes in at 1.2 miles per square mile.
| New Castle | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 12% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Whippoorwill Park | 3.9 mi | 208 |
| 2. Gedney Park | 3.2 mi | 105 |
| 3. Burden Preserve | 2.7 mi | 139 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A+ ranks #8 of the 755 New York towns we grade for schools. Its A+ for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.04M.
The largest public high school is Horace Greeley High School, with 1,122 students. The Chappaqua Central School District runs its public schools. Three of its 7 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert E Bell SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 587 | A− |
| Horace Greeley High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,122 | A+ |
| Douglas G Grafflin SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 415 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is tooth loss: 5.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.8% statewide. Against the 436 U.S. towns with household incomes like New Castle’s, it is less healthy than 52%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
12% of adults say their health is fair or poor in New Castle. Of 32 CDC measures, New Castle beats the New York average on 23 and trails it on 1. In New Castle, 16% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 12% report frequent mental distress.
| New Castle | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 33% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Castle | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
143 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 13 properties have flooded more than once.
Households in New Castle have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2023. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, New Castle has seen 143 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA puts 72% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A winter brings about 34 inches of snow, with January nights at 21° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 6,591 working residents takes 45.4 minutes, against 32.6 across New York. 35.3% of workers work from home, against 14.9% across New York.
Employers in New Castle added 804 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 5,368. 2.5% of New Castle residents live below the poverty line. Among 758 New York towns, just 4 have a higher typical journey to work than New Castle. Just 5% of the town’s working residents have a job in town.
| New Castle | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 35% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 45 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $250,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. New Castle's reported crime rate is well below New York's. In New Castle, the property offense rate is 3.6 per 1,000 residents. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2023.
| New Castle | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 0.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.9 | 1.8 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
At 10.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 94% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
The median sale price was $1,600,000 in May 2026. The share of households in New Castle who own their home: 86%. Bidding over the asking price: two thirds of homes sold in the town.
| New Castle | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,742 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 86% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
13 within 15 miles of the center of New Castle
About 5 of every 100 New Castle residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
12% of the town is conserved land, across 22 parks and preserves.
10 places in New Castle on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
New Castle is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 18,311 in the 2020 United States census, an increase over 17,569 at the 2010 census. It includes the named hamlets of Chappaqua and Millwood, but residents and businesses in the Town of New Castle can also have a designated city address of Ossining, or Millwood (together commonly referred to as the "West End" of New Castle) as well as Chappaqua or even Mt. Kisco.
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10 towns share a border with New Castle.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle | #42 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Mount Kisco | #210 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A |
| Mount Pleasant | #90 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Yorktown | #46 | A+ | D | A− | A− | A+ |
| Somers | #83 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Chappaqua | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Castle | #34 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Bedford | #31 | A+ | D− | A+ | A− | A+ |
New Castle, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Somers and North Castle report no FBI crime data of their own. Chappaqua isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare New Castle with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. New Castle grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #42 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. The typical home is worth about $1,039,000, 98% 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−.
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