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Rye Brook is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 25th among New York's 745 graded towns. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates, its schools rank ahead of 95% of New York towns, and it reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $1.3 million for a typical one and 13 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 80% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Rye Brook, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. Rye Brook is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Only 1 of New York’s 1,187 towns score lower on civic life.
Where Rye Brook beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Rye Brook | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 17.2% |
Where Rye Brook’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 Rye Brook is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 7,765 in 1990, 10,047 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 4 maps from 1944 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rye Brook. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw29 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw23 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw24 mi TheatreStudio 54Central 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 · United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rye Brook, 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 Rye Brook.
Rye Brook draws workers from New York City and beyond 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.
At 13 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.29M) costs more against local pay than in 96% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. Home values rose 46% in five years, to about $1.29M, against 30% across New York.
Rye Brook’s median rent is $2,593 a month. Typical home values rose 11% in the year to September 2026. 85% of households own their home in Rye Brook.
| Rye Brook | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,593 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 6.9% of its 7,738 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide. Against the 462 U.S. towns with household incomes like Rye Brook’s, it is healthier than 72%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
22% of Rye Brook adults have obesity. Rye Brook beats the New York average on 24 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of Rye Brook adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Rye Brook | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.7% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rye Brook | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
6,226 jobs are based in Rye Brook, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 29% of workers work from home, against 14.9% across New York.
Most working residents leave Rye Brook for work: only 6% work in town. The median household income in Rye Brook is $247,000. The top destinations are New York (36%), Rye (10%) and Greenwich (5%).
| Rye Brook | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $247,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Reported crimes fell from 66 to 28 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.1 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Rye Brook has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 24° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
250 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 21 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 250 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rye Brook.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.9 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Crawford Park, at 36 acres.
| Rye Brook | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crawford Park | — | 36 |
| 2. Pine Ridge Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
| 3. Rye Hills Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
20 within 15 miles of the center of Rye Brook
About 6 of every 100 Rye Brook residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Village in New York, United States
Rye Brook is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, within the town of Rye. As of the 2020 census, Rye Brook had a population of 10,047. Rye Brook is located in southeastern Westchester County and shares its eastern border with Greenwich, Connecticut. The village was an unincorporated section of the town of Rye until its incorporation as a village on July 7, 1982. Rye Brook has been designated as a Tree City USA for 14 years.
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8 towns share a border with Rye Brook.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rye Brook | #25 | A+ | D− | A | A+ | A+ |
| Rye | #353 | B | D− | — | B | A− |
| Harrison · Harrison | #72 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Rye | #11 | A+ | D− | A+ | A+ | A+ |
| North Castle | #34 | A+ | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
| Port Chester | #467 | C+ | D− | B+ | C | B+ |
Rye, Harrison and North Castle report no FBI crime data of their own. Harrison and Harrison are one community, graded once. Compare Rye Brook with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Rye Brook grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #25 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health, A for safety 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−.
2 notable people were born here, including William Carlucci and Aaron Sabato.
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