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.

Down paymentRate%

Rye$10,380/mo

Typical home $1.82M (Census) · tax rate 0.55%+ · or rent about $3,501/mo · Housing →

Rye Brook$7,840/mo

Typical home $1.29M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.98%+ · or rent about $2,593/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 and Rye Brook share a border

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

RyeRye Brook

Rye ↔ Rye Brook5.7 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

110 Rye Brook residents work in Rye (2.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Rye Brook →

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

A+RyeSafer than 97% of U.S. towns ARye BrookSafer than 90% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+RyeBetter than 97% of districts in the state –Rye BrookNot graded

Health

A+RyeHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns A+Rye BrookHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns

11Rye

9Rye Brook

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

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

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

RyeRye Brook

Snow a year33″33″

January low23°F 23°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)189d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 36th

Outdoors & history

RyeRye Brook

Trails11 mi 1 mi

Conserved land5.1%3.6%

Settled1660 1982

National Register places9 —

Archive photos6 4

Famous people born here40 —

Community

RyeRye Brook

Library hours a week62 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

Only big differences vs New York average

RyeRye Brook

People

Population 16,428Highest 9,900Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.5%Lowest NY: +4.2% +7.5%Highest NY: +4.2%

Median age 42.5±1.2Lowest 7% above NY 42.9±2.8Highest 8% 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 28.9%±2.8Highest NY: 20.5% 24.8%±4.4Lowest 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+ 16.1%±2.2Lowest NY: 17.9% 18.5%±3.2Highest 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+ 80.5%Highest NY: 40.2% 80.1%Lowest NY: 40.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±1Lowest NY: 7% 5.6%±2.3Highest 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 $239,815±$28kLowest 179% above NY $246,944±$42kHighest 187% 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 $1,819,900±$240kHighest 329% above NY $1,016,100±$69kLowest 140% above NY

Rentmedian gross, monthly $3,501Highest 116% above NY $2,593±$260Lowest 60% 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 50.8%±12.8Lowest NY: 52.1% 65.8%±31.8Highest 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 2.7%Lowest NY: 14% 5.6%Highest NY: 14%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.4%Lowest NY: 54.3% 84.7%Highest NY: 54.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 2 yrs older than NY 1965Highest 6 yrs newer than NY

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 40 minHighest 22% above NY 33 minLowest about the NY average

Work from home 26.5%±3.5Lowest NY: 14.9% 29%±6.7Highest 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 9.8%Highest 6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miHighest 14.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.44Lowest 1.58Highest

Top workplaceoutside town New York (47%)New York (36%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Rye Brook3% work in Rye

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.1%Highest 3.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 11.2 miHighest 1.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 27.5Lowest 84.5Highest

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.

Rye vs Rye Brook

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

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

Rye and Rye Brook share a border

Rye places higher on 11 of 21 NY lists

What daily life feels like in each

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