With its southern border less than one mile from the borough of the Bronx, and with Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal only a 35-minute train ride away, New Rochelle has been a commuter haven for more than a century.

New Rochelle has: Thomas Paine Cottage: Former home of Thomas Paine, Father of the American Revolution and creator of the human rights movement, furnished with original 18th and 19th century artifacts. North Avenue:The popular commercial strip is also home to Iona College.

Founded by French Huguenots seeking religious freedom in 1688, the community was one of the New York area’s premier American suburbs by 1900. Covering over 325 years, the events, people, and places are well-documented in the library’s extensive Local History Collection.

1688
New Rochelle, city, Westchester county, southeastern New York, U.S. It lies along Long Island Sound, just northeast of New York City. Founded in 1688 by a group of Huguenot refugees, it was named for La Rochelle, a seaport on the Atlantic coast of France.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — As happens so often, people not from the Hudson Valley think that upstate New York starts at the Bronx border. New Rochelle made the list twice at Nos. 16 and 44. Only one real upstate community made it on the list.

The per capita income in New Rochelle in 2018 was $48,232, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,928 for a family of four. However, New Rochelle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The town was settled by refugee Huguenots (French Protestants) in 1688 who were fleeing Catholic pogroms in France. Many of the settlers were artisans and craftsmen from the city of La Rochelle, France, thus influencing the choice of the name of “New Rochelle”.

Westchester County
New Rochelle is located in Westchester County in New York, which is in the southeastern portion of the state.

Living in New Rochelle offers residents an urban feel and most residents own their homes. In New Rochelle there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many young professionals live in New Rochelle and residents tend to be liberal. The public schools in New Rochelle are highly rated.

New Rochelle cost of living is 175.2