Valley CottageNY
A town of 9,165, settled in 1873.
Is Valley Cottage a good place to live?
58% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Valley Cottage, against 32% in New York’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Rockland Lake State Park, at 42 acres. We don’t grade Valley Cottage yet; the figures below are still real.
96% of working residents leave Valley Cottage for work
Where Valley Cottage’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Central Park and 526 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Valley Cottage. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw24 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw23 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · 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 Valley Cottage: who provides what
Valley Cottage is unincorporated, so Rockland 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 Valley Cottage.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Valley Cottage
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 106 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Valley Cottage.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Valley Cottage’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Valley Cottage for work: only 4% work in town. Valley Cottage’s median household income is $133,000, where New York’s towns sit at $82,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. The average trip to work in Valley Cottage is 34 minutes.
| Valley Cottage | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Valley Cottage are worth about $652K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Valley Cottage home is worth about $652,000, up 4.1% in a year, 24% above the New York typical home. Valley Cottage’s median rent is $2,037 a month.
| Valley Cottage | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,037 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 89% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Valley Cottage has four seasons and pleasant summers
Valley Cottage has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Valley Cottage is
Valley Cottage beats the New York average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Valley Cottage.
| Valley Cottage | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Valley Cottage | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.4% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 5.7% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Valley Cottage has set aside 6% of its land for conservation
3.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Valley Cottage | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rockland Lake State Park | — | 42 |
| 2. Congers Lake Memorial Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Valley Cottage
Colleges nearby
32 within 15 miles of the center of Valley Cottage
About 8 of every 100 Valley Cottage residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Valley Cottage’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Valley Cottage.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Cottage | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Congers | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Nyack | — | — | D− | — | A− | A+ |
| Bardonia | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nyack | #169 | A− | D− | — | A− | A |
Upper Nyack has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Upper Nyack and Nyack report no FBI crime data of their own. Valley Cottage, Congers and Bardonia aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Valley Cottage with a neighbor →
Questions about Valley Cottage
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Is Valley Cottage, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Valley Cottage yet; the figures below are still real.