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New York›Westchester County

Scotts CornersNY

A town of 719.

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Photo: Irina S.B. · CC BY 4.0
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Scotts Corners, NY · Photo: Irina S.B. · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗

Is Scotts Corners a good place to live?

86% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Scotts Corners, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. The biggest park or preserve is Bye Preserve, at 22 acres. Scotts Corners has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

What makes Scotts Corners stand out

Where Scotts Corners beats most towns.

Small town

719 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
Pound RidgePound RidgeScotts Corners
Nearby attractions

United States Military Academy and 401 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Scotts Corners. Close and well known come first.

All 594 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

United 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

Getting set up

Moving to Scotts Corners: who provides what

Scotts Corners is unincorporated, so Westchester County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerNew York State Elec & Gas22.6¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
Internet3 providers98% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesWestchester CountyWestchester County provides services here
SchoolsBedford Central School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereWestchester County Board of ElectionsWestchester County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP code1057610576 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Scotts Corners.

Work & commute

Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, the average trip to work in Scotts Corners is longer

At 43 minutes, Scotts Corners’ average trip to work is above both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The median household income in Scotts Corners is $250,000. Jobs based in Scotts Corners grew to 781 in 2023, 459 more than in 2013.

5%work in town
Scotts CornersNew York townsU.S. towns
Average trip to work43 minutes25 minutes25 minutes
Median household income$250,000$82,000$80,000
Below the poverty line2.2%9.5%9.6%
Working residents who work in town5.1%10%8%

Where working residents work

In Scotts Corners5%
New York37%
Pound Ridge9%
Stamford5%
Mount Kisco4%
27 mi
median commute distance
781
jobs based in Scotts Corners
A job hub
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazards

Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Scotts Corners

Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities.

10risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
10Very low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingHurricanesEarthquakes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Scotts Corners has four seasons and pleasant summers

Scotts Corners has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.

34″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter23–40°
Spring38–60°
Summer61–81°
Fall44–63°
Oct 23
typical first frost
Apr 17
typical last frost
+2.0°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

A smaller share of adults in Scotts Corners have obesity than in the typical New York or U.S. town

22% of Scotts Corners adults have obesity. Scotts Corners beats the New York average on 24 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of Scotts Corners adults have been diagnosed with depression.

Scotts CornersNew York townsU.S. towns
Obesity (CDC PLACES)22%33%35%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)11%16%17%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)8.9%14%14%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)6.3%13%14%
32 measures vs. New York
24 better7 too close to call1 worse
What stands outScotts CornersNY
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth3.1%12.8%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity5.3%17.2%
More adults who have had cancer9.8%7.7%
Stamford Hospital
In Stamford · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Outdoors

Scotts Corners has set aside 3.2% of its land for conservation

1.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Scotts Corners’ trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile.

3.2%conserved
Scotts CornersNew York townsU.S. towns
Miles of trail per square mile0.7 miles per square mile0.40.4
Conserved land3.2%5.2%4.3%
3.2%
conserved · 36 of 1,128 acres
1.2 mi
of trails · 0.7 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Bye Preserve0.6 mi22
2. Russell Preserve0.2 mi9

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Scotts Corners

15pages on Scotts Corners
After high school

Colleges nearby

6 within 15 miles of the center of Scotts Corners

A job hub

Every workday, about 768 people come to Scotts Corners for work

Where Scotts Corners’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

37% → New York New York 37% 9% → Pound Ridge Pound Ridge 9% 5% → Stamford Stamford 5% 4% → Mount Kisco Mount Kisco 4% 3% → Greenwich Greenwich 3% 3% → Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant 3% Scotts Corners · 5% stay
781jobs based in Scotts Corners
5%of working residents work in town
27 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Scotts Corners

CDP in New York, United States

Scotts Corners is a hamlet (and census-designated place or CDP) located in the town of Pound Ridge in Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Scotts Corners had a population of 665. While much of Pound Ridge is characterized by sprawling estates and rural landscapes, Scotts Corners serves as a dense "downtown" area. It contains a quarter-mile stretch of businesses along Westchester Avenue, including boutiques, stores, and essential services. Scotts Corners is near the southern town line (the border of Connecticut), east of Sarles Corners.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
1.8 sq mi
Elevation
397 ft

Questions about Scotts Corners

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Scotts Corners, NY a good place to live?

Scotts Corners has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.