Scarsdale is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 17,823 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Scarsdale is the 110th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Scarsdale was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Scarsdale is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 97.60% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Scarsdale is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Scarsdale who work in management occupations (20.30%), sales jobs (14.08%), and legal occupations (11.44%).

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

Also of interest is that Scarsdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.30% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Scarsdale, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the village.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Scarsdale is also home to many people who can 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, Scarsdale is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Scarsdale really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Scarsdale perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Scarsdale, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.19 minutes every day commuting to work.

Scarsdale is a relatively small village, but even so, a fairly large number of people use the train to get to and from work. Many of these people travel out of town to the central city in the region.

Scarsdale Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Scarsdale is a pretty powerful place. 79.83% of the adults in Scarsdale 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 Scarsdale in 2000 was $89,907, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $359,628 for a family of four. However, Scarsdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

In addition, Scarsdale has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.04%).

The languages spoken by people in Scarsdale are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Scarsdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Japanese, Spanish, and Korean.