Photo: JayHeritageCenter · CC BY-SA 4.0Rye ranks among the highest-earning U.S. towns by household income
Jobs and income earn Rye A; getting around on foot earns it A+. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. 2.7% of residents are in poverty (New York 14.0%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Rye apart
Nearly half of Rye works in New York City
2,621 working residents, 47%, have their main job in New York City, 24 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Rye itself. The commute map ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
78% of Rye’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 76% of the jobs based in Rye. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Rye
27% of Rye workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Time on the road ↓
Rye workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 37 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Rye
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rye is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #55 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Rye’s grade up ($239,815, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rye could be anywhere from A to A+.
47% of working residents work in New York City
Where Rye clocks in
47% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
76% of the jobs in Rye pay over $3,333 a month
8,010 jobs are based in Rye.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rye, 2013 → 2023: 7,157 → 8,010. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rye’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 40 minutes in Rye
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rye workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,293 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily commute in and out of Rye
On a workday 5,029 residents head out to work, 547 work right here, and 7,463 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Rye on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Rye, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Rye
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rye is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #74 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Rye near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,198 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 77% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Rye households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 39% of Rye’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rye ranks: 229th of 1,888 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Concord Township OH | 12,448 | $154K | 3.4% | 3.9% | 2% | A |
| 228 | Lemont IL | 18,513 | $123K | 3.1% | 4.5% | 10% | A |
| 229 | Rye NY | 16,614 | $240K | 2.7% | 5.4% | 10% | A |
| 230 | Twinsburg OH | 18,939 | $99K | 4.1% | 2.6% | 9% | A |
| 231 | Swansea MA | 17,701 | $116K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rye, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Rye
The biggest share goes to Harrison (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rye workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rye | – | A | A+ | 40 min | $239,815 |
| Harrison | under 2% | A | A+ | 29 min | $164,250 |
| Harrison | 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Mamaroneck | under 2% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $120,000 |
| Port Chester | under 2% | B | A+ | 27 min | $92,222 |
| Rye Brook | under 2% | A | A+ | 33 min | $246,944 |
| Mamaroneck | 1% | A− | A+ | 37 min | $163,781 |
| Oyster Bay | under 2% | A | A+ | 35 min | $160,126 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rye’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rye: questions
What is the median household income in Rye?
$239,815 (±$28,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rye?
2.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rye?
40 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rye work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (47%, 24 mi), Greenwich (3%, 7 mi), Harrison (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rye walkable?
Rye is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 43% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rye without a car?
39% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rye, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rye
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.