New York metro, NY-NJ relocation guide
Moving to Ramapo, NY
$900,000Median listing price
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About Ramapo
Ramapo is the largest town in Rockland County by population and contains twelve of the county's eighteen villages — including Suffern, Sloatsburg, Spring Valley, Pomona, Montebello, Airmont, Chestnut Ridge, Hillburn, Kaser, New Hempstead, New Square, and Wesley Hills (per Wikipedia's Rockland County page, read September 24, 2026). Spring Valley is the town's commercial center, while Suffern and Sloatsburg anchor the Ramapo Valley in the northwest.
Home prices in Ramapo
The median listing price in Ramapo is $900,000.
Top places in Ramapo
- Clover Stadium, Pomona — home of the New York Boulders baseball team (shown in the Commons photos below).
- Suffern station — Port Jervis Line rail gateway (also in the village of Suffern).
- Sloatsburg station — Port Jervis Line.
- Spring Valley station — Pascack Valley Line.
- Harriman State Park — Lake Welch, Lake Tiorati, and Seven Lakes Drive trailheads in the town's northwest.
- Lafayette Theatre — 1924 movie palace in downtown Suffern.
- Finkelstein Memorial Library — Spring Valley.
- Kakiat County Park — Montebello.
Commuting from Ramapo
- NJ Transit/Metro-North Port Jervis Line stations at Suffern and Sloatsburg (both in-town). Sampled 2026 schedules (read September 24, 2026): Suffern–Hoboken roughly 45–55 minutes (Sloatsburg about nine minutes longer); Midtown Manhattan via Secaucus transfer commonly 60–80 minutes.
- NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line station at Spring Valley (in-town); Spring Valley to New York Penn via Secaucus roughly 90 minutes per the sampled 2026 timetable (read September 24, 2026).
- Rockland Coaches/Coach USA buses run from in-town stops to the Port Authority Bus Terminal; times are approximate and traffic-dependent.
- Driving to Midtown via the NY State Thruway is approximately 45–70 minutes depending on traffic (approximate).
Ramapo FAQs
- What is the housing market like in Ramapo, NY?
The median listing price in Ramapo is $900,000. Median listing price · Realtor.com · September 24, 2026 - How is the commute from Ramapo, NY?
NJ Transit/Metro-North Port Jervis Line stations at Suffern and Sloatsburg (both in-town). Sampled 2026 schedules (read September 24, 2026): Suffern–Hoboken roughly 45–55 minutes (Sloatsburg about nine minutes longer); Midtown Manhattan via Secaucus transfer commonly 60–80 minutes.
Town links
Town government
Schools
Transit
Official town resources. School report cards via the New York State Education Department.