State place rankings
Best Places in New York
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
Briarcliff Manor, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,481
- Median home value
- $880,300
- nd
Scarsdale, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 18,194
- Median home value
- $1,800,700
- rd
Sands Point, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 2,764
- Median home value
- $2,000,001
- th
Old Brookville, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 2,098
- Median home value
- $2,000,001
- th
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 3,220
- Median home value
- $1,587,900
- th
Laurel Hollow, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,949
- Median home value
- $1,636,700
- th
Rye, NY
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 16,614
- Median home value
- $1,819,900
- th
Plandome, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,482
- Median home value
- $2,000,001
- th
North Hills, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 5,481
- Median home value
- $1,228,800
- th
Port Washington, NY
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 18,004
- Median home value
- $1,003,200
- th
Flower Hill, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 4,860
- Median home value
- $1,975,500
- th
Niskayuna, NY
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 21,227
- Median home value
- $357,900
- th
Ardsley, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 5,007
- Median home value
- $829,900
- th
East Hills, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,328
- Median home value
- $1,461,500
- th
Garden City, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 23,043
- Median home value
- $1,075,900
- th
Great Neck Estates, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 3,139
- Median home value
- $1,638,700
- th
Lloyd Harbor, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 3,587
- Median home value
- $1,533,800
- th
Roslyn Harbor, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,113
- Median home value
- $1,525,000
- th
Upper Brookville, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,778
- Median home value
- $2,000,001
- th
Greenville CDP (Westchester County), NY
Published place
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,280
- Median home value
- $858,200
- st
Manhasset, NY
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,716
- Median home value
- $1,356,500
- nd
Oyster Bay Cove, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 2,288
- Median home value
- $1,714,700
- rd
Brighton, NY
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 36,834
- Median home value
- $282,100
- th
Bronxville, NY
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,504
- Median home value
- $1,095,100
- th
Chappaqua, NY
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 3,046
- Median home value
- $781,100
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
New York, NY
City
- Population
- 8,584,629
- Median home value
- $777,600
- Median rent
- $1,821
- nd
Buffalo, NY
City
- Population
- 274,613
- Median home value
- $164,200
- Median rent
- $1,046
- rd
Yonkers, NY
City
- Population
- 212,603
- Median home value
- $501,600
- Median rent
- $1,784
- th
Rochester, NY
City
- Population
- 206,108
- Median home value
- $139,600
- Median rent
- $1,081
- th
Syracuse, NY
City
- Population
- 144,896
- Median home value
- $138,400
- Median rent
- $1,039
- th
Albany, NY
City
- Population
- 101,698
- Median home value
- $234,700
- Median rent
- $1,216
- th
New Rochelle, NY
City
- Population
- 85,864
- Median home value
- $702,500
- Median rent
- $1,917
- th
Cheektowaga, NY
Census-designated place
- Population
- 76,056
- Median home value
- $185,500
- Median rent
- $1,055
- th
Mount Vernon, NY
City
- Population
- 72,304
- Median home value
- $484,000
- Median rent
- $1,629
- th
Schenectady, NY
City
- Population
- 69,471
- Median home value
- $168,800
- Median rent
- $1,145
- th
Utica, NY
City
- Population
- 62,978
- Median home value
- $151,300
- Median rent
- $951
- th
White Plains, NY
City
- Population
- 62,871
- Median home value
- $620,800
- Median rent
- $2,269
- th
Hempstead, NY
Village
- Population
- 59,819
- Median home value
- $459,500
- Median rent
- $1,622
- th
Tonawanda Town, NY
Census-designated place
- Population
- 56,806
- Median home value
- $215,200
- Median rent
- $1,102
- th
Levittown, NY
Census-designated place
- Population
- 51,904
- Median home value
- $590,500
- Median rent
- $2,656
- th
Troy, NY
City
- Population
- 50,912
- Median home value
- $206,500
- Median rent
- $1,175
- th
Irondequoit, NY
Census-designated place
- Population
- 50,657
- Median home value
- $182,500
- Median rent
- $1,159
- th
- Population
- 47,255
- Median home value
- $115,300
- Median rent
- $823
- th
Kiryas Joel, NY
Village
- Population
- 47,147
- Median home value
- $758,800
- Median rent
- $1,604
- th
Binghamton, NY
City
- Population
- 46,418
- Median home value
- $124,800
- Median rent
- $870
- st
West Seneca, NY
Census-designated place
- Population
- 45,303
- Median home value
- $232,800
- Median rent
- $1,106
- nd
Freeport, NY
Village
- Population
- 44,174
- Median home value
- $505,900
- Median rent
- $2,077
- rd
Hicksville, NY
Census-designated place
- Population
- 43,780
- Median home value
- $634,100
- Median rent
- $3,113
- th
West Babylon, NY
Census-designated place
- Population
- 43,570
- Median home value
- $531,900
- Median rent
- $2,225
- th
Valley Stream, NY
Village
- Population
- 40,379
- Median home value
- $616,100
- Median rent
- $2,124
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.