What is the #1 best cities for families in new york?

#	City	Population	Family Score
1	Albany	100,081	82.70
2	Ithaca	31,792	80.90
3	Troy	51,054	78.10
4	Green Island	2,966	78.00
5	Menands	4,503	75.30
6	Canandaigua	10,542	75.20
7	Kingston	23,942	75.10
8	New York	8,516,202	74.90
9	Saratoga Springs	28,542	74.40
10	Watervliet	10,285	74.20
11	Hudson	5,900	72.90
12	Mechanicville	5,143	72.00
13	New Paltz	8,028	72.00
14	Port Washington North	3,159	71.40
15	Red Hook	2,119	70.90
16	Long Beach	34,741	70.30
17	Poughkeepsie	31,778	70.20
18	Geneva	12,573	70.00
19	Catskill	3,803	70.00
20	Mount Vernon	72,528	69.90
21	Schenectady	68,521	69.20
22	Kenmore	15,097	69.20
23	Batavia	15,494	68.50
24	Port Jervis	8,709	68.30
25	Rhinebeck	2,674	68.30
26	Orchard Park	3,066	68.20
27	Rochester	209,720	68.00
28	Syracuse	146,211	68.00
29	Owego	3,823	68.00
30	Plattsburgh	19,878	67.40
31	Westhampton Beach	2,476	67.40
32	Peekskill	25,484	67.10
33	Binghamton	47,357	67.10
34	Cohoes	18,043	67.00
35	Baldwinsville	7,732	66.90
36	Piermont	2,434	66.90
37	East Rochester	6,263	66.70
38	Corning	10,666	66.40
39	Le Roy	4,310	66.20
40	Cortland	17,465	66.10
41	Hudson Falls	7,401	65.70
42	Buffalo	276,397	65.60
43	Watertown	24,574	65.60
44	Johnson City	15,130	65.30
45	Brewster	2,510	65.30
46	Webster	5,734	65.30
47	Hyde Park	2,100	65.20
48	Newark	9,040	64.90
49	Yonkers	209,529	64.60
50	Saugerties	3,877	64.50
51	Glens Falls	14,678	64.40
52	Suffern	11,395	64.10
53	Lewiston	2,527	64.10
54	Rensselaer	9,247	64.10
55	White Plains	59,818	64.00
56	Oneida	10,240	63.90
57	New Hartford	2,054	63.70
58	Cheektowaga	76,251	63.60
59	Oswego	17,028	63.50
60	Albion	5,495	63.20
61	Tuckahoe	1,078	63.00
62	Dobbs Ferry	11,397	63.00
63	Endicott	13,456	62.90
64	Fishkill	2,193	62.50
65	Beacon	14,629	62.10
66	Bath	5,595	62.10
67	Lake Placid	2,159	62.00
68	Blasdell	2,534	62.00
69	Saranac Lake	5,099	61.90
70	Waterford	2,053	61.50
71	Brighton	36,633	61.20
72	De Witt	10,815	61.20
73	Medina	5,799	60.90
74	Hempstead	58,569	60.90
75	North Syracuse	6,727	60.90
76	Alfred	4,632	60.30
77	Auburn	26,475	60.20
78	Tarrytown	11,752	60.20
79	Scotia	7,260	60.10
80	Yorkville	2,638	60.10
81	New Rochelle	81,591	60.00
82	Pelham Manor	5,648	59.90
83	Middletown	30,227	59.80
84	Horseheads	6,494	59.80
85	Trumansburg	1,552	59.80
86	New York Mills	2,989	59.80
87	Gates	4,576	59.70
88	Greece	14,053	59.60
89	Lockport	20,699	59.60
90	Herkimer	7,335	59.50
91	Jamestown	28,401	59.30
92	Cold Spring	1,868	59.30
93	Colonie	7,705	59.30
94	Johnstown	8,153	58.60
95	Warwick	6,625	58.40
96	Tonawanda Town	56,973	58.10
97	East Greenbush	6,562	58.10
98	Glen Cove	28,101	58.10
99	Freeport	44,102	58.10
100	Arcade	1,912	58.00
101	Niagara Falls	48,198	57.90
102	Oneonta	14,467	57.50
103	West Seneca	45,329	57.50
104	Seneca Falls	6,967	57.30
105	Rome	31,795	57.10
106	Spring Valley	32,995	56.90
107	New Windsor	8,427	56.90
108	South Glens Falls	3,739	56.80
109	Solvay	6,590	56.60
110	Lackawanna	19,779	56.40
111	Brockport	7,153	56.40
112	North Tonawanda	30,338	56.40
113	Fairport	5,436	56.20
114	Highland Falls	3,696	56.10
115	Liberty	5,083	56.00
116	Olean	13,798	55.70
117	Camillus	1,333	55.50
118	Depew	15,065	55.40
119	Canton	7,222	55.10
120	Floral Park	16,025	55.00
121	Woodstock	2,562	54.80
122	Southampton	4,557	54.80
123	Sidney	3,865	54.80
124	Elmira Heights	4,254	54.70
125	Pleasantville	7,395	54.60
126	Geneseo	7,700	54.40
127	Goshen	5,751	54.40
128	Utica	64,440	54.30
129	Canastota	4,527	54.20
130	Monticello	7,252	54.20
131	Westfield	2,937	54.20
132	Watkins Glen	1,712	53.90
133	Waterloo	4,600	53.80
134	Lancaster	10,127	53.70
135	Massena	10,234	53.70
136	Haverstraw	12,273	53.30
137	Ballston Spa	5,080	53.30
138	Niskayuna	20,774	53.10
139	Tupper Lake	3,072	53.10
140	Ogdensburg	9,600	53.00
141	Newburgh	28,649	53.00
142	Irondequoit	50,438	53.00
143	Riverhead	15,073	52.90
144	Dryden	1,783	52.80
145	Woodbury	9,270	52.70
146	Kensington	1,462	52.60
147	Malone	5,466	52.60
148	Rouses Point	2,520	52.50
149	Mount Morris	3,258	52.40
150	Rotterdam	22,798	52.10
151	Hamilton	4,038	51.90
152	Gouverneur	3,623	51.90
153	Pulaski	2,202	51.50
154	Ossining	26,979	51.10
155	Cooperstown	2,113	51.00
156	Montgomery	3,800	50.70
157	Port Chester	31,162	50.70
158	Marcellus	1,957	50.50
159	Palmyra	3,306	50.40
160	Lynbrook	20,251	50.20
161	Tonawanda	15,044	50.20
162	Chatham	1,594	49.90
163	Washingtonville	5,723	49.80
164	Ilion	7,636	49.80
165	Shelter Island	2,281	49.60
166	Southold	6,600	49.30
167	Mohawk	2,522	49.20
168	Irvington	6,541	49.10
169	Stony Point	12,694	49.00
170	Hoosick Falls	3,189	48.90
171	Monroe	9,466	48.80
172	Walton	2,655	48.80
173	Canajoharie	1,808	48.80
174	Allegany	1,773	48.50
175	Bedford	2,118	48.50
176	Dunkirk	12,597	48.40
177	Walden	6,871	48.10
178	Amsterdam	18,162	48.00
179	Ellenville	4,210	48.00
180	Fredonia	9,601	47.90
181	Sackets Harbor	1,348	47.60
182	Northport	7,320	47.50
183	Larchmont	6,542	47.50
184	Ardsley	5,005	47.20
185	Plattekill	1,304	47.20
186	Rockville Centre	25,770	47.00
187	Perry	3,515	47.00
188	Cayuga Heights	4,018	46.90
189	Eastchester	20,519	46.40
190	Sands Point	2,725	46.20
191	Delhi	3,185	46.00
192	Warsaw	3,061	45.90
193	Greenwood Lake	3,022	45.90
194	Wallkill	1,980	45.80
195	Amityville	9,513	45.80
196	Pelham	7,247	45.70
197	Eden	3,164	45.70
198	Garden City	22,866	45.60
199	Akron	2,904	45.50
200	Potsdam	8,507	45.40
201	Wellsville	4,846	45.20
202	Fulton	11,339	45.20
203	Lloyd Harbor	3,570	45.00
204	Hastings-on-Hudson	8,449	44.90
205	Wappingers Falls	5,694	44.90
206	Liverpool	2,604	44.80
207	Dansville	4,731	44.80
208	Manlius	4,657	44.60
209	Rye Brook	9,884	44.60
210	Hamburg	9,762	44.60
211	Rye	16,410	44.50
212	Old Westbury	4,320	44.50
213	Carmel	7,222	44.20
214	Gloversville	15,010	44.00
215	Macedon	1,885	43.80
216	Clyde	1,986	43.70
217	Chester	4,052	43.50
218	Ticonderoga	3,375	43.30
219	Jordan	1,374	43.30
220	Gowanda	2,929	43.20
221	Cobleskill	4,495	43.10
222	Penn Yan	4,800	43.00
223	Norwood	1,304	43.00
224	Salamanca	5,878	42.90
225	Croton-on-Hudson	8,205	42.80
226	East Hampton	1,277	42.70
227	Homer	3,110	42.50
228	Nunda	1,291	42.50
229	Harrison	29,279	42.50
230	Carthage	3,546	42.30
231	Fallsburg	1,891	42.30
232	Painted Post	1,691	42.20
233	Mamaroneck	19,840	42.10
234	Sag Harbor	2,449	42.10
235	Scarsdale	18,005	42.00
236	Maybrook	3,147	41.90
237	Skaneateles	2,533	41.80
238	Elmsford	5,183	41.60
239	Whitehall	2,693	40.80
240	Sodus	1,999	40.50
241	Hornell	8,173	40.20
242	Germantown	1,107	40.20
243	Phoenix	2,393	40.10
244	Cuba	1,755	39.70
245	Greenwich	1,606	38.60
246	Altamont	1,767	38.40
247	Clifton Springs	2,124	38.40
248	Waverly	4,337	38.30
249	Little Falls	4,567	38.30
250	Clayton	1,669	38.10
251	Sodus Point	1,101	38.10
252	Frankfort	2,384	37.80
253	Chittenango	4,855	37.70
254	Groton	1,974	36.80
255	Tuxedo	3,083	36.20
256	Harriman	2,843	35.40
257	West Carthage	1,918	35.20
258	Bronxville	6,539	34.90
259	Huntington Bay	1,853	34.60
260	Stillwater	1,876	34.60
261	Weedsport	1,858	34.00
262	Sleepy Hollow	10,592	33.90
263	Addison	1,775	33.80
264	Cazenovia	2,760	33.80
265	Greenport	2,574	33.60
266	Theresa	1,019	33.40
267	Norwich	6,880	33.40
268	Lowville	3,432	33.30
269	Cornwall-on-Hudson	3,046	33.20
270	Black River	1,880	33.20
271	Central Square	2,136	33.10
272	Lake Success	2,817	32.90
273	Alexandria Bay	1,296	32.90
274	Cairo	1,565	32.80
275	Avon	3,415	32.70
276	Kings Point	5,614	32.70
277	Oyster Bay Cove	2,067	32.60
278	Great Neck Estates	2,968	32.50
279	Briarcliff Manor	7,333	32.40
280	Old Brookville	2,008	32.40
281	Nissequogue	1,634	32.40
282	Buchanan	2,296	32.00
283	Schoharie	1,078	31.90
284	Northville	1,035	31.90
285	Sherrill	3,041	31.50
286	Sherburne	1,294	31.50
287	Greene	1,556	31.40
288	Oriskany	1,233	31.20
289	Nassau	1,138	31.10
290	Malverne	8,496	30.90
291	Canisteo	1,998	30.30
292	Caledonia	2,193	30.30
293	Boonville	1,967	30.00
294	Florida	2,915	30.00
295	Cambridge	2,341	29.90
296	Coxsackie	2,746	29.90
297	Manchester	1,655	29.10
298	Phelps	2,164	28.10
299	Vernon	1,313	27.90
300	Adams	1,730	27.70
301	Deposit	1,345	26.70
302	Camden	2,626	26.10
303	Pine Plains	1,203	25.70
304	Youngstown	1,773	25.50
305	Bainbridge	1,059	25.50
306	Elmira	26,349	24.90
307	Shortsville	1,806	23.80
308	Attica	1,846	23.20
309	Holley	1,994	22.80
310	Port Dickinson	1,920	22.50
311	Philmont	1,575	22.30
312	Wolcott	1,446	22.30
313	Granville	2,270	21.80
314	Whitesboro	3,643	20.70
315	Afton	1,086	20.70
316	North Hornell	1,055	20.20
317	St. Johnsville	1,882	19.70
318	Fort Edward	3,160	19.20
319	Wayland	1,817	18.90
320	Dolgeville	1,948	17.10
321	Cattaraugus	1,153	17.10
322	Moravia	1,365	16.80
323	Fort Plain	2,274	16.70
324	Middleport	1,931	14.60
325	Bolivar	1,108	12.80
326	Oxford	1,426	12.20
327	Franklinville	2,063	9.90
328	Norfolk	1,021	5.80

Methodology

Cities in New York are ranked by family score. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from Multiple Sources. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 best cities for families in new york?: Albany ranks #1 with 82.70 (family score).
What are the top 5 best cities for families in new york?: 1. Albany (82.70), 2. Ithaca (80.90), 3. Troy (78.10), 4. Green Island (78.00), 5. Menands (75.30)
How many cities in New York are ranked?: This ranking includes 328 cities in New York with available data.

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