Village · Westchester County, New York

Ardsley, New York

Ardsley is a village in Westchester County, New York, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area. It has 4,998 residents. Ardsley, New York has a quality-of-life score of 96 out of 100 (very high), ranking #604 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #122 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on public transit commuters (high), poor or fair health (low) and frequent mental distress (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), average commute time (high) and high ozone days (high).

96Very high

Quality-of-life score: #604 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #122 of 859 in NY
Population: 4,998 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 3,783.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 3602506

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety95#805/15,637
Economy84#2,497/15,631
Housing18#12,233/14,977
Health99#100/15,609
Healthcare99#144/15,650
Environment52#7,417/15,453
Education86#2,149/15,649
Infrastructure95#811/15,650
Community92#1,281/15,651
Leisure & amenities97#422/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ardsley, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Westchester County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public transit commuters · high17.9%
99/100New York 21.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Poor or fair health · low9.1%
99/100New York 16.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low12.3%
99/100New York 17.8%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · low20.4%
99/100New York 32.9%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Traffic deaths · low4.1 /100k
99/100New York 5.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataWestchester County value
Median household income · high$243,000
99/100New York $85,768United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.96%
0/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · high36.3 min
1/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
High ozone days · high6 days
13/100New York 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWestchester County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high206 min
18/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWestchester County value
High school diploma or higher · low97.3%
21/100New York 88.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.436
22/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
4,512 (2015-2019) → 4,998 (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
65.7% (2015-2019) → 78.7% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$160,880 (2015-2019) → $243,000 (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
87.1% (2015-2019) → 95.9% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
40.7% (2015-2019) → 48.1% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 5.8% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Ardsley, New York improved on 3 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++13 points65.7% → 78.7%
Household income+51%$160,880 → $243,000
Broadband+8.7 points87.1% → 95.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Ardsley, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	37.5 min2015-2019	36.3 min2020-2024	−1.2 min	Within the margin of error	63%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.7%2015-2019	78.7%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	95%
Broadband subscriptions	87.1%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Improved	53%
Effective property tax rate	2.29%2015-2019	2.96%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	0%
High school diploma or higher	97.5%2015-2019	97.3%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	−0.7×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4362020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	51%
Median household income	$160,8802015-2019	$243,0002020-2024	+51%	Improved	85%
Public transit commuters	22.8%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Ardsley, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ardsley, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Ardsley, New York itself moved +4 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,998 residents (±23)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,626 households (±111)

Ardsley, New York
New York share

Under $25k4.9%†80
$25k–50k5.5%†90
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,626 households (±111)

Ardsley, New York
New York share

Own81%1,317
Rent19%†309

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,399 workers (±213)

Ardsley, New York
New York share

Drive alone43%1,041
Carpool8.8%†211
Public transit18%†429

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Westchester County, the county holding most of Ardsley's residents.

Westchester County has 31,174 employer establishments, 312 for every 10,000 residents (1.26× the US rate of 248; 1.14× New York's), with 389,560 paid employees at an average annual pay of $85,148. The Census Bureau also counts 115,574 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 31,174; 115,574 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 312; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 389,560
Average annual pay: $85,148; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Westchester County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,506	25.1	1.20×About typical	39,837	$69,850	8,193
Specialty trade contractors	2,318	23.2	1.50×More than typical	20,005	$79,851	5,305
Restaurants and other eating places	2,240	22.4	1.22×About typical	26,931	$30,753	527
Lessors of real estate	1,996	20	1.62×More than typical	7,180	$75,856	16,874
Construction of buildings	1,374	13.8	1.82×More than typical	6,200	$90,557	2,613
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,237	12.4	1.84×More than typical	8,566	$48,255	4,985
Full-service restaurants	1,065	10.7	1.39×More than typical	15,335	$35,054	286
Personal care services	1,007	10.1	2.11×More than typical	4,422	$27,563	2,693
Management, scientific and technical consulting	957	9.6	1.43×More than typical	6,680	$160,976	6,568
Building equipment contractors	912	9.1	1.52×More than typical	7,699	$84,352	1,002
Legal services	891	8.9	1.66×More than typical	4,832	$113,561	2,641
Landscaping services	847	8.5	2.42×More than typical	3,073	$67,198	1,034

Rank places for an industry Open Westchester County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 998,335 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Ardsley, New York: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

3.7MFY2017
45.9KFY2018
15KFY2019
227.8KFY2021
232.6KFY2022

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Ardsley, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Ardsley, New York's figures are part of those of Westchester County, NY ($603.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ardsley is mostly in Westchester County.

See federal money in Westchester County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ardsley, New York is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Westchester County90100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ68

Other cities and towns in Westchester County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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