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Map of Scarsdale: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land15%637 of 4,254 acres
Trails23 mi3.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves1535 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Scarsdale

Coterminous town and village in New York, United States
1701Established
18,253Population
6.7 sq miArea
217 ftElevation

Scarsdale () is a coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States, 19 miles (31 km) north of New York City. It is on 6.683 square miles (17.31 km2) and is located inland within the Bronx River Valley. Scarsdale includes 17 neighborhoods which are bundled into the geographic regions of Edgewood, Fox Meadow, Greenacres, Heathcote, and Quaker Ridge. It is served by the Scarsdale station of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line. Scarsdale has six entries on the National Register of Historic Places. In the precolonial era, the village's area was inhabited by a band of the Wappinger tribes of Native Americans. Caleb Heathcote purchased land from four Native American l…

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ZIP code10583
Area code914
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Housing in Scarsdale

$2.61M Median sale price · Redfin, May 2026

The median sale price was $2,613,000 in May 2026.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market14
Sale-to-list111.1%
Sold in May20
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Safety Grade A+

Scarsdale reports less crime per resident than 95% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Scarsdale 0.2
New York 3.7
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Scarsdale 2.3
New York 15.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A+

The public schools Scarsdale’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 98% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#1Best public schoolsof 484 in NY
DistrictSCARSDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTSchools7

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NY. Ratings are from neighbors.

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