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Rye Brook vs Rye

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (9.3× in Rye) and home values (+79% in Rye).

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Rye Brook, NYHomes around $1.29MNew York · 9,900 people
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Rye, NYA colonial town, settled 1660New York · 16,428 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Rye BrookHomes around $1.29M
Housing$1.29M typical home145% above the NY typical home Work6,226 jobsbased in Rye Brook, a regional job hub HealthHealthier than 99%of U.S. towns on CDC estimates All about Rye Brook →
RyeA colonial town, settled 1660
HistorySettled in 16609 places on the National Register Schools#3 for schools in NYof 484 towns HealthHealthier than 100%of U.S. towns on CDC estimates All about Rye →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Trails9.3×
Rye has more miles of trail
Rye 11.2 miRye Brook 1.2 mi
Home values+79%
Homes cost more in Rye
Rye $1,819,900Rye Brook $1,016,100
Street grid3.1×
Rye Brook has the more walkable street grid
Rye Brook 84.5Rye 27.5
Rent+35%
Rent runs higher in Rye
Rye $3,501Rye Brook $2,593
Homeowners+14.3 pts renters
Rye has more renters
Rye Brook 84.7%Rye 70.4%
Average commute7 min
Rye Brook has the shorter commute
Rye 40 minRye Brook 33 min
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $2,540 more a month in Rye

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Rye Brook$7,840/mo
Typical home $1.29M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.98%+ · or rent about $2,593/mo · Housing →
Rye$10,380/mo
Typical home $1.82M (Census) · tax rate 0.55%+ · or rent about $3,501/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,540 a month, about $30,400 a year, between Rye and Rye Brook.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Where they are

Rye Brook and Rye share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Rye BrookRyeRye BrookRye
Rye Brook ↔ Rye5.7 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
110 Rye Brook residents work in Rye (2.8% of its workers)
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Report cards

Rye places higher on 11 of 21 NY lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every New York ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety
ARye BrookSafer than 90% of U.S. towns A+RyeSafer than 97% of U.S. towns
Schools
–Rye BrookNot graded A+RyeBetter than 97% of districts in the state
Health
A+Rye BrookHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns A+RyeHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns
9Rye Brook
11Rye

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 709 towns #477#239 Most walkableOutdoors · 776 towns #121#308 Most trailsOutdoors · 634 towns #354#255 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 774 towns #115#1 SafestSafety · 221 towns #46#17 Shortest commuteGetting around · 777 towns #647#744 Most conserved landOutdoors · 771 towns #477#385 Highest graduation rateSchools · 609 towns #9#59

Left end = #1 in New York. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Rye Brook’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
Rye BrookRye
Snow a year33″33″
January low23°F23°F
July high86°F86°F
Growing season (days)189d189d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th53rd
Outdoors & history
Rye BrookRye
Trails1 mi11 mi
Conserved land3.6%5.1%
Settled19821660
National Register places—9
Archive photos46
Famous people born here—40
Community
Rye BrookRye
Library hours a week—62 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined10

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Rye BrookRye
People
Population 9,900Lowest 16,428Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.5%Highest NY: +4.2% +5.5%Lowest NY: +4.2%
Median age 42.9±2.8Highest 8% above NY 42.5±1.2Lowest 7% above NY
Rye Brook and Rye are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 24.8%±4.4Lowest NY: 20.5% 28.9%±2.8Highest NY: 20.5%
Rye and Rye Brook are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 18.5%±3.2Highest NY: 17.9% 16.1%±2.2Lowest NY: 17.9%
Rye Brook and Rye are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 80.1%Lowest NY: 40.2% 80.5%Highest NY: 40.2%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±2.3Highest NY: 7% 3.3%±1Lowest NY: 7%
Rye Brook and Rye are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $246,944±$42kHighest 187% above NY $239,815±$28kLowest 179% above NY
Rye Brook and Rye are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $1,016,100±$69kLowest 140% above NY $1,819,900±$240kHighest 329% above NY
Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,593±$260Lowest 60% above NY $3,501Highest 116% above NY
Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+ at least 52% above NY $10,000+ at least 52% above NY
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 65.8%±31.8Highest NY: 52.1% 50.8%±12.8Lowest NY: 52.1%
Rye Brook and Rye are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 5.6%Highest NY: 14% 2.7%Lowest NY: 14%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 84.7%Highest NY: 54.3% 70.4%Lowest NY: 54.3%
Typical home builtmedian year 1965Highest 6 yrs newer than NY 1957Lowest 2 yrs older than NY
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 33 minLowest about the NY average 40 minHighest 22% above NY
Work from home 29%±6.7Highest NY: 14.9% 26.5%±3.5Lowest NY: 14.9%
Rye Brook and Rye are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 6%Lowest 9.8%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miLowest 19.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.58Highest 1.44Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town New York (36%)New York (47%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in RyeFew work in Rye Brook
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 3.6%Lowest 5.1%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 11.2 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.6 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 7Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 84.5Highest 27.5Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#3 of 484 in NY
School district —RYE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT · RYE NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
High school in town —Rye High School
Students per teacherat that high school — 10.4
New York average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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