Scarsdale is both a town and village in Westchester County, New York, USA postal code 10583. It is a northern suburb of New York City.

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,823 people, 5,662 households, and 4,993 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,036.4/km² (2,685.7/mi²). There were 5,795 housing units at an average density of 337.0/km² (873.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 84.10% White, 1.52% Black or African American, 0.02% Native American, 12.58% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.62% of the population.

There were 5,662 households out of which 51.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 81.8% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.8% were non-families. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 3.35.

In the village the population was spread out with 32.8% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $182,792, and the median income for a family was $200,000+. Males had a median income of $100,000+ versus $62,319 for females. The per capita income for the village was $89,907. About 1.7% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.

Television, film, music and radio personalities:
Liza Minnelli, singer and actress, lived in Scarsdale with her mother, Judy Garland and attended Scarsdale High School. She also toured Europe and Israel in an SHS production of The Diary of Anne Frank.
Susan Lucci, born in Scarsdale and the star of soap TV series All My Children
Aaron Sorkin, writer and creator of the TV series Sports Night and The West Wing. Raised in Scarsdale.
Yoko Ono, singer. Her family moved to Scarsdale in the early 1950s; she later joined them from Japan.
Linda McCartney (Linda Eastman), actress, writer, cinematographer, producer, photographer, and wife of Beatles star Paul McCartney, graduated from Scarsdale High School.
Bruce Beck, television sportscaster for WNBC-TV.
David Stern, commissioner of NBA.
Aaron Brown, former host of NewsNight with Aaron Brown on the television network CNN
Will Hawkins, singer-songwriter and playwright attended SHS from 1981 until 1985.
Nina Totenberg, NPR legal correspondent. (SHS graduate)
Eve Ensler, dramatist. Raised in Scarsdale, attended SHS.
L B Fisher, born in Scarsdale and acted on popular shows such as Felecity, ER, Boston Public.[citation needed]
Rupert Holmes, successful composer and writer resides in Scarsdale.[citation needed]
Dorothy Dalton, silent-film actress.[citation needed]
Bill Pankow, film editor of "The Black Dahlia," "Assault of Precinct 13," "Paid In Full," etc.
Huma Shah, singer and actress who toured Europe and is a self-taught bagpipe player.
Mai Izsak-Niimura, New York City socialite and heiress to Faber pencil fortune.



Information courtesy of US Census Bureau and wikipedia.org