Pound Ridge is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 4,726 at the 2000 census.

The Town of Pound Ridge is in the eastern corner of the county. It is bordered to the east by New Canaan, Connecticut, to the south, by Stamford, Connecticut, to the west by Bedford, New York, and to the north by Lewisboro.

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,726 people, 1,699 households, and 1,406 families residing in the town. The population density was 80.0/km² (207.3/mi²). There were 1,868 housing units at an average density of 31.6/km² (81.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.54% White, 1.21% African American, 0.06% Native American, 1.65% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 1.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.45% of the population.

There were 1,699 households out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.4% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.2% were non-families. 13.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 32.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $153,208, and the median income for a family was $168,040. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $50,553 for females. The per capita income for the town was $74,914. About 0.9% of families and 1.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.6% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents, past and present
Max Abramovitz, architect and long term resident who died here in 2004
Eva Amurri, lifelong resident and actor
Ellen Barkin, actor who lived in town in the 1990s
Gabriel Byrne, actor who resided here in the 1990s
Howard Cosell, sportscaster (deceased)
Hume Cronyn, long-term resident and actor, husband of Jessica Tandy (deceased)
Ari Fleischer, press secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush (2001 to 2003) who grew up here and returned to raise his family here
Richard Gere, actor and husband of Carey Lowell
Hiram Halle, philanthropist, inventor and businessman who died here in 1944
David Letterman, comedian and television host
Mike Myers, actor
William Rubin, art historian and curator who died here in 2006
Benny Goodman, musician (deceased)
Tom Brokaw, journalist and author
Jane Pauley, journalist and author
Christopher Reeve, long-time resident and actor who died here in 2004
Dana Reeve, long-time resident and actor who died here in 2006
Tim Robbins, long-time resident, Little League sponsor, and actor
Robert Rubin, 70th United States Treasury Secretary
Susan Sarandon, long-time resident and actor
Jessica Tandy, long-time resident and actor, wife of Hume Cronyn (deceased)
Vuko Tashkovich, architect and builder and long term resident who died here in 1996
Eli Wallach, actor
Vera Wang, lifelong resident and fashion designer



Information courtesy of US Census Bureau and wikipedia.org