The New York town of Scarsdale recently hit headlines after it was named America’s wealthiest suburb, with an eye-popping mean household income of $601,193 per year.

But in a new study of Big Apple ‘burbs, the tony town was snubbed when it came to taking out the title of “New York’s Safest and Richest Suburb.”

GOBankingRates analyzed data from the US Census, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the AreaVibes “Livability Score” index, and various other sources to determine the “locales where high household incomes meet low crime rates and high livability.”

Rockville Centre on Long Island took top spot on the strength of its livability score, low rates of property and violent crime, and high household income Audley C Bullock/Wirestock – stock.adobe.com

Scarsdale came in 5th place, pipped at the post by four suburbs in Nassau County on Long Island.

Rockville Centre took top spot based on the strength of its livability score, low rates of property and violent crime, and high household income. 

The mean annual household income in the Long Island enclave is $202,529, while the annual cost of living is a comparatively low $101,463.

The neighboring town of Lynbrook came in as New York’s second in the GOBankingRates study, while Long Beach and Garden City, also located in Nassau County, took our third and fourth spots, respectively.

Garden City, New York was named the fourth safest and richest suburb the Empire State. littleny – stock.adobe.com

Scarsdale was the fifth safest and richest suburb in New York, and the highest entry for Westchester County.

While Westchester residents might be fuming that Long Island suburbs took out the four top spots, they can rest easy knowing that more Westchester suburbs made the top 20 list overall.

Westchester County places 11 suburbs in the list, compared to Nassau County’s nine.

Scarsdale boasts the highest mean annual household income in America, but it was pipped at the post when it came to taking the title of New York’s “safest and richest suburb”. Getty Images/iStockphoto

While Scarsdale certainly boasts the highest mean annual household income on the list of New York suburbs, it was brought down overall by a lower livability score.

RankSuburbScoreViolent Crime Rate per 1000Property Crime Rate per 1000LivabilityAverage Household IncomeAnnual Cost of Living for Necessities 1 Rockville Centre, New York 3.7477 0.2356 4.7111 86 $202,529 $101,463 2 Lynbrook, New York 3.7312 0.7509 4.7056 86 $170,605 $84,224 3 Long Beach, New York 3.5815 0.7820 1.0427 81 $154,026 $90,518 4 Garden City, New York 3.4868 0.2625 7.8750 84 $292,919 $123,738 5 Scarsdale, New York 3.4647 0.0568 3.4087 69 $601,193 $142,654 6 Floral Park, New York 3.4055 1.2659 4.3041 81 $195,150 $91,413 7 Eastchester, New York 3.1849 0.2006 5.6681 78 $209,817 $120,646 8 Freeport, New York 3.0653 1.6291 9.1549 80 $141,297 $77,531 9 Tarrytown, New York 3.0135 0.3433 4.1198 70 $167,926 $90,942 10 Port Washington, New York 3.0122 1.2570 8.0953 79 $249,834 $118,631 11 Harrison, New York 2.9415 0.0631 4.7607 72 $258,737 $135,541 12 Mamaroneck, New York 2.8202 0.0817 5.3948 69 $184,151 $111,077 13 Rye, New York 2.8074 0.1243 2.5475 70 $421,259 $190,450 14 Peekskill, New York 2.7953 2.0797 9.7316 76 $115,364 $67,469 15 Port Chester, New York 2.7812 0.7601 9.6497 72 $134,151 $80,839 16 Glen Cove, New York 2.5612 1.1164 4.6818 65 $123,790 $85,873 17 New Rochelle, New York 2.4208 1.3418 11.0523 70 $166,757 $99,515 18 Hempstead, New York 2.2908 4.5852 10.9803 78 $112,145 $75,803 19 White Plains, New York 2.2670 1.1143 17.6025 71 $164,273 $89,924 20 Yonkers, New York 2.0258 3.1178 10.1473 67 $110,907 $82,151