About Ardsley

Ardsley is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 4,274 people and just one neighborhood, Ardsley is the 414th largest community in New York.

Ardsley is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 90.90% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Ardsley is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ardsley who work in management occupations (15.32%), office and administrative support jobs (11.38%), and healthcare (10.76%).

Of important note, Ardsley is also a village of artists. Ardsley has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Ardsley's character.

In addition, Ardsley is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Ardsley is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Ardsley a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Ardsley has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Ardsley's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Ardsley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.92 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small village, Ardsley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Ardsley Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Ardsley is a pretty powerful place. 58.68% of the adults in Ardsley have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Ardsley in 2000 was $47,086, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $188,344 for a family of four. However, Ardsley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ardsley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Ardsley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ardsley is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Ardsley include Italian, Irish, Russian, Polish, German, English, and Eastern European.

Ardsley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.00%.

The most common language spoken in Ardsley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Japanese and Spanish.