Scotts CornersNY
With 719 residents, it is a town in New York.
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.
719 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
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.
Big draw25 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw35 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw37 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw35 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearPhoto 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
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Moving to Scotts Corners: who provides what
Scotts Corners is unincorporated, so Westchester County and regional agencies provide most services.
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.
Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, the median household income in Scotts Corners is higher
Most working residents leave Scotts Corners for work: only 5% work in town. 2.2% of Scotts Corners residents live below the poverty line. The town had 781 jobs in 2023, up 459 from 2013. The typical journey to work locally is 43 minutes.
| Scotts Corners | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 43 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $250,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a very low hazard risk in Scotts Corners: inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Scotts Corners break down as 73% from inland flooding and 10% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Scotts Corners, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Scotts Corners’ typical July afternoon high comes in at 84°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults in Scotts Corners report frequent mental distress than in the typical New York or U.S. town
Among adults in Scotts Corners, 17% binge drink. This New York town beats the New York average on 24 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Scotts Corners | New York towns | U.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% |
| What stands out | Scotts Corners | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.1% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.3% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Open space protected for good: 3.2% of Scotts Corners
1.2 miles of trail wind through 2 parks and preserves. In Scotts Corners, the concentration of trails is 0.7 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 2, covering 31 acres.
| Scotts Corners | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bye Preserve | 0.6 mi | 22 |
| 2. Russell Preserve | 0.2 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Scotts Corners
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Scotts Corners
About 11 of every 100 Scotts Corners residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
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.
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.
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- 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.