Ossining, New York.
, asking rent $3,257 . New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Ossining, Westchester County, New York
Ossining is a village of 27,551 people in Westchester County. Half its households earn more than $103,573 a year and half less, against $118,976 across Westchester County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 51% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 49% are rented. Unemployment in Ossining was 3.8% in August 2026, and Westchester County had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Ossining is a village on the Hudson River in Westchester County. Residents are a little older than the typical American, and incomes run below the county's, though few households fall below the poverty line. About as many homes are rented as are lived in by their owners, and typical rents are high. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest; rain and melted snow are plentiful across the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services and the building trades. Among the larger workplaces in Ossining are MSAF Group, a nursing home operator, Pyramid Crotonville Management, which runs hotels, and Hudson, a senior living provider. Commutes are long, which fits a place where many people travel out of town for work, and some work from home. Unemployment has edged up slightly over the past year.
Things to do. The Bronx River is a short drive away, and the Bronx Zoo is a longer drive. Farther afield, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a well-known museum, and Central Park is a large garden in the city, both a longer drive away.
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- 9,219households
- 37%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 36 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Westchester County had 433,070 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 61°. About 40 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Yorktown Hts 1W weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Ossining
- MSAF GroupNursing homes267
- Pyramid Crotonville ManagementHotel management services119
- HudsonSenior living110
- Super Stop & ShopGrocery stores109
- OssiningMail and parcel delivery41
- R.I.M. Plumbing and Heating SupplyHardware stores23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 669 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ossining’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Westchester County and the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
Ossining home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 9 Ossining listings, and the typical home goes pending in 23 days — the market is heating up.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Ossining10.76%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ossining59
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Ossining21
Zip codes with a Ossining address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ossining — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.