New York · Census place 3664309

Rye, New York

Rye is a city in Westchester County, New York with an estimated 16,463 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,463
#53 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-79 people
Land area
5.9 sq mi
+ 14.17 sq mi water
Density
2,814 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Rye. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Rye population, 2020 to 2024

Rye lost 79 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +154. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 85th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Rye is 1.6 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,599. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rye covers 5.85 square miles of land and 14.17 of water, for 2,814 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Rye is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rye is in

All of Rye's residents live in Westchester County, which had 1,006,447 residents in 2024. Rye holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rye

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rye by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 10580. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Rye is

The Census internal point of Rye is at 40.944700, -73.686400. Albany, the capital, is 118.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mamaroneck, NY (19,783 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 9.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.944700, -73.686400
DMS
40°56'40.92"N 73°41'11.04"W
UTM
18N 610569.4E 4533449.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G8W8V7+VC

Daylight in Rye

At 40.94° N, Rye gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rye

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Mamaroneck, 2.1 miles away, with 19,783 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rye, NY?

16,463 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 79 (0.5%) from 16,542 in July 2020.

What county is Rye in?

Westchester County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Rye?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 10580.

How far is Rye from Albany?

118.1 miles (190.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Rye.

What is the nearest larger city to Rye?

Mamaroneck, NY, with 19,783 residents, 2.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.