Westchester County

Westchester County is situated in the heart of the New York Metropolitan region bordering on New York City on the south, Connecticut on the east and the Hudson River on the west.

75% of the county's housing is within a 40 minute commute of mid-Manhattan over a superb interlocking system of highways, parkways, local roads and rail lines.

POPULATION: 923,459
AREA : 450 Square miles
Boundaries:
North: Putnam County
South: New York City
East : Long Island Sound and Connecticut
West : Hudson River

Westchester climate:
Average Precipitation: 45 inches
Average Snowfall : 25-40 inches
Average January Temperature: 30 degrees F
Average July Temperature : 74 degrees F

Westchester topography:
Southeast: flat with occasional small ridges and hills
Southwest: north-south trending ridges and hills
Central: north-south ridges and valleys transected by a single eastwest valley from Westchester through White Plains to Portchester.
North: rugged and hilly; major valleys along the Croton and Saw Mill Rivers. Six major drainage basins

Dedicated park lands (in acres):
State: 1,513
Westchester: 17,822
Municipal: 3,960
Total acres: 23,295

Transportation:
Rail Lines: Hudson Division, New Haven Division and Harlem Division of Metro-North

Four Interstate Highways: I-87, I-95, I-287 and I-684
There are seven Parkways in Westchester: Saw Mill River, Hutchinson River, Bronx River, Sprain Brook, Cross County, Taconic State, Playland and Central Westchester

Airport: Westchester County Airport (HPN)

Westchester County has: 6 Cities, 14 Towns and 23 Villages
Education: Westchester has 40 School Districts, 23 Institutions of Higher Learning

Utilities: Westchester County is served by Consoliated Edison of New York and New York State Electric and Gas (Northern Westchester)

Delphi Real Estate sells homes in Westchester, including Scarsdale, Bronxville, Eastchester, Hartsdale, Mamaroneck, White Plains, Harrison, Yonkers and most other cities and villages in Westchester County, New York.

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Westchester County
• The County
• Towns & Villages
• Schools
• Colleges

Delphi
Neighborhood
• Ardsley
• Bronxvile
• Eastchester
• Edgemont
• Elmsford
• Greenburgh
• Harrison
• Hartsdale
• Hastings
• Mount Vernon
• New Rochelle
• Portchester
• Scarsdale
• Tarrytown
• Tuckahoe
• White Plains
• Yonkers

• Garth Road

Nearby Areas
• Columbia MLS
• Greene Co. MLS
• Long Island MLS

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