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Rye (city), New York Rye is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is separate from the town of Rye which is larger than the city. Rye city, formerly the village of Rye, was part of the town until 1942, when it was received its charter as a city, the most recent to be issued in New York. The population was 14,955 at the 2000 census.The city is the site of the boyhood home and final resting place of John Jay, a Founding Father and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Original milestones, fixed in 1763 by Benjamin Franklin along the Boston Post Road during his term as Postmaster General still mark the 24th, 25th, and 26th miles from New York City.Playland, an historic amusement park and designated National Historic Landmark, is located in Rye. Playland features one of the oldest wooden roller coasters in the northeast, the Dragon Coaster.Rye is also the home of Rye High School, named a Gold Medal school and the 59th best high school in the U.S. according to U.S. News & World Report's 2010 'Best High Schools.' Rye also houses Rye Country Day School, a college preparatory school.In 2010, Coldwell Banker reported that Rye was the third most expensive city in the country to buy a home in. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 20 square miles (51.9 km²), of which, 5.8 square miles (15.0 km²) of it is land and 14.2 square miles (36.9 km²) of it (71.13%) is water. The city is mild, experiencing cool winter and warm summers.Snowfall and rainfall are common in the city of Rye with an annual precipitation total of 50 inches. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 14,955 people, 5,377 households, and 4,027 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,588.6 people per square mile (999.0/km²). There were 5,559 housing units at an average density of 962.2/sq mi (371.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.61% White, 1.27% black or African American, 0.11% Native American, 6.49% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.27% from other races and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.80% of the population.There were 5,377 households out of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.6% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.26.In the city the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.The median income for a household in the city was $110,894, and the median income for a family was $133,231. Males had a median income of $96,585 versus $52,052 for females. The per capita income for the city was $76,566. About 1.6% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.In 2005 Forbes magazine named Rye's ZIP code, 10580, as having the most expensive median home prices in Westchester County and the 61st most expensive in the United States. Economy Rye is home to one Fortune 500 company, Jarden. Transportation The Rye train station provides commuter rail service to Grand Central Terminal in New York City or Stamford and New Haven-Union Station via the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line. The Bee-Line Bus System provides bus service to Rye on routes 61 and 76 with additional seasonal service to Rye Playland on routes 75, 91, and 92. History The oldest house in the town, the Timothy Knapp House, is owned by the Rye Historical Society and dates in its original version to around 1667.The Historical Society also owns a former inn/tavern built in 1730, the Square House, which it operates as a museum. George Washington stayed at the Square House on two separate occasions, remarking favorably on his stay in his diaries.The Jay Property at 210 Boston Post Road where New York State's only native born founding father John Jay grew up and where he is buried is now the home of the not-for-profit organization the Jay Heritage Center. The Center's mission is to restore and preserve the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House which occupies the original site of the Jay family farm, 'The Locusts.' Restoration of the Jay mansion overlooking Long Island Sound is an official project of the Save America's Treasures Program. With its soaring Corinthian columns, and pedimented facade, the house is a textbook example of American Greek Revival architecture popularized before the Civil War and is noted for its many design elements influenced by Minard Lafever. At 171 years old, the Jay Mansion is also the oldest National Historic Landmark (NHL) structure in New York State with a geothermal heating and cooling system and the first in Westchester County to have such an energy efficient system. The Jay Heritage Center was recently designated a member site of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. It is also listed on Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail. John Jay is well known for advocating emancipation, serving as President of the New York Manumission Society and establishing the first African Free School.Rye is also known for its famous theme park, Rye Playland. Rye Playland was a popular destination in the early 20th century, where people were able to take their boats right up to the park. Its famous roller coaster, The Dragon Coaster, was at one time a Top-10 wooden roller coaster in the world.[citation needed] Glenn Close and Ellen Latzen ride the roller coaster in the '80s thriller, Fatal Attraction. Playland is also the setting for several key scenes in the movie, Big, starring Tom Hanks. In the finale of season four of AMC's Mad Men, Sally Draper remarks that her stepfather is re-locating her family from Ossining to Rye.Rye is served by three public elementary schools: Osborn, Milton and Midland. Rye Middle School and Rye High School follow; they are part of the same campus, and the two buildings connect.The annual Rye-Harrison football game has been played for almost 80 years and is a top high school football rivalry in Westchester County. The Rye team has won three recent New York State championships, two consecutively, and has defeated Harrison in eight consecutive meetings. Harrison leads the all-time series with a record of 41-36-3. Noteworthy residents Roz Abrams, former WABC-TV & WCBS-TV news anchor Christopher Atkins, actor Raymond E. Baldwin, United States Senator Lex Barker, actor Jason Bateman, actor Justine Bateman, actress James Roosevelt Bayley, Bishop Greg Berlanti, TV writer James Bradley, author Ralph Branca,Major League Baseballplayer Barbara Bush, first lady, attended Milton Elementary School Bud Cort, actor Buster Crabbe, actor (Flash Gordon) and Olympic swimmer John Cunningham, actor Mike D'Antoni, Head Coach of the New York Knicks Eddie Eagan, sportsman Amelia Earhart, aviator; first woman to fly solo across theAtlantic Ocean Justin Henry, actor Harold Holzer, Lincoln scholar Iakovos, Archbishop of America, (d.2005) Ajit Jain, head of several reinsurance businesses forBerkshire Hathaway Elizabeth Janeway, author Arthur Judson, artists' and orchestra manager Ralph Kiner, professional baseball player and broadcaster David Lee, physicist Charles Frederick Lindauer, tobacconist John Mack, Morgan Stanley CEO William Moulton Marston John Motley Morehead III, Mayor of Rye, chemist, philanthropist Ogden Nash, poet Eric Nisenson, author Nicholas Patrick,astronaut, Mission Specialist 1 on 2006DiscoverySTS-116mission. George P. Putnam, author Steven C. Rattner, owner of Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas Debora Shuger, author Bill Stern, actor and sportscaster B.J. Surhoff,Major League Baseballplayer John Thain, former Merrill Lynch CEO Diana Williams, WABC-TV news anchor Kimberly Williams, actress Bob Woodruff, ABC television journalist