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Cities in New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Kiryas Joel, NY had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 90 cities in 2023, at 29.4%. Scarsdale, NY had the lowest, at 10.3%. The median was 16.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest29.4Kiryas Joel, NY
Lowest10.3Scarsdale, NY
Median16.590 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

Kiryas Joel, NY: 29.4 %Kiryas Joel, NY29.4New Square, NY: 28.6 %New Square, NY28.6Syracuse, NY: 20.8 %Syracuse, NY20.8Oneonta, NY: 20.7 %Oneonta, NY20.7Elmira, NY: 20.5 %Elmira, NY20.5Fulton, NY: 20.2 %Fulton, NY20.2Cortland, NY: 20 %Cortland, NY20Spring Valley, NY: 19.9 %Spring Valley, NY19.9Gloversville, NY: 19.8 %Gloversville, NY19.8Plattsburgh, NY: 19.5 %Plattsburgh, NY19.5Troy, NY: 19.5 %Troy, NY19.5Utica, NY: 19.4 %Utica, NY19.4Lackawanna, NY: 19.3 %Lackawanna, NY19.3Schenectady, NY: 19.2 %Schenectady, NY19.2Buffalo, NY: 19.1 %Buffalo, NY19.1Ithaca, NY: 19.1 %Ithaca, NY19.1Watervliet, NY: 19.1 %Watervliet, NY19.1Endicott, NY: 18.8 %Endicott, NY18.8Jamestown, NY: 18.8 %Jamestown, NY18.8Rochester, NY: 18.8 %Rochester, NY18.8Binghamton, NY: 18.7 %Binghamton, NY18.7Newburgh, NY: 18.6 %Newburgh, NY18.6Niagara Falls, NY: 18.6 %Niagara Falls, NY18.6Watertown, NY: 18.6 %Watertown, NY18.6Auburn, NY: 18.5 %Auburn, NY18.5Oswego, NY: 18.4 %Oswego, NY18.4Rome, NY: 18.4 %Rome, NY18.4Cohoes, NY: 18.3 %Cohoes, NY18.3Geneva, NY: 18.1 %Geneva, NY18.1Olean, NY: 18.1 %Olean, NY18.1Lockport, NY: 17.9 %Lockport, NY17.9Albany, NY: 17.6 %Albany, NY17.6Glens Falls, NY: 17.6 %Glens Falls, NY17.6Amsterdam, NY: 17.5 %Amsterdam, NY17.5Dunkirk, NY: 17.5 %Dunkirk, NY17.5Poughkeepsie, NY: 17.4 %Poughkeepsie, NY17.4Batavia, NY: 17.2 %Batavia, NY17.2Middletown, NY: 17.2 %Middletown, NY17.2Hempstead, NY: 17.1 %Hempstead, NY17.1Oneida, NY: 17.1 %Oneida, NY17.1
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Kiryas Joel, NY29.4-2 pts
2New Square, NY28.6-1.8 pts
3Syracuse, NY20.8-0.7 pts
4Oneonta, NY20.7-1.2 pts
5Elmira, NY20.5+0.2 pts
6Fulton, NY20.2-0.2 pts
7Cortland, NY20-0.3 pts
8Spring Valley, NY19.9-0.7 pts
9Gloversville, NY19.8-0.3 pts
10Plattsburgh, NY19.5-0.2 pts
10Troy, NY19.5-0.4 pts
12Utica, NY19.4-0.3 pts
13Lackawanna, NY19.3-0.8 pts
14Schenectady, NY19.2-0.9 pts
15Buffalo, NY19.1-1.3 pts
15Ithaca, NY19.1-2.3 pts
15Watervliet, NY19.1-0.6 pts
18Endicott, NY18.8-1.6 pts
18Jamestown, NY18.8-1.6 pts
18Rochester, NY18.8-1.1 pts
21Binghamton, NY18.7-1.4 pts
22Newburgh, NY18.6-1.2 pts
22Niagara Falls, NY18.6-0.9 pts
22Watertown, NY18.6-0.3 pts
25Auburn, NY18.5-0.8 pts
26Oswego, NY18.4-1.3 pts
26Rome, NY18.40 pts
28Cohoes, NY18.3-0.4 pts
29Geneva, NY18.1-1.3 pts
29Olean, NY18.1-0.9 pts
31Lockport, NY17.9-0.3 pts
32Albany, NY17.6-1.4 pts
32Glens Falls, NY17.6-0.6 pts
34Amsterdam, NY17.5-0.9 pts
34Dunkirk, NY17.5-0.9 pts
36Poughkeepsie, NY17.4-0.5 pts
37Batavia, NY17.2-0.1 pts
37Middletown, NY17.2-0.2 pts
39Hempstead, NY17.1-1 pts
39Oneida, NY17.1-0.5 pts
39Tonawanda, NY17.1-0.4 pts
42Kingston, NY16.8-1.2 pts
43Johnson City, NY16.7-1.3 pts
44Depew, NY16.6-0.7 pts
45Corning, NY16.5-0.3 pts
45North Tonawanda, NY16.50 pts
47Mount Vernon, NY16.30 pts
48Airmont, NY16.1-0.3 pts
49Haverstraw, NY16-0.7 pts
50Canandaigua, NY15.9-0.4 pts
51Lindenhurst, NY15.8-0.8 pts
52Patchogue, NY15.5-1.2 pts
53Kenmore, NY15.4-0.7 pts
53New York, NY15.4-0.6 pts
55West Haverstraw, NY15.3-0.9 pts
56Yonkers, NY15.2-0.3 pts
57Chestnut Ridge, NY15-0.8 pts
58Freeport, NY14.9-0.9 pts
59Beacon, NY14.8-0.4 pts
59Port Chester, NY14.8-0.7 pts
59Saratoga Springs, NY14.8+0.3 pts
62Glen Cove, NY14.5-0.6 pts
62Woodbury, NY14.5-0.6 pts
64Sleepy Hollow, NY14.4-1 pts
65Lynbrook, NY14.3-0.1 pts
65Peekskill, NY14.3-0.8 pts
67Babylon, NY14.2-0.7 pts
68East Rockaway, NY14+0.3 pts
68Harrison, NY14-0.1 pts
68Lake Grove, NY14-1.1 pts
68Valley Stream, NY14-0.1 pts
72Great Neck, NY13.9+0.1 pts
72Ossining, NY13.9-0.5 pts
74New Rochelle, NY13.8-0.7 pts
75Long Beach, NY13.7-0.4 pts
75Suffern, NY13.7-0.1 pts
77Massapequa Park, NY13.6-0.2 pts
78Mount Kisco, NY13.4-0.1 pts
79Mamaroneck, NY13.3-0.2 pts
79Mineola, NY13.3-0.3 pts
79Westbury, NY13.3-0.2 pts
79White Plains, NY13.30 pts
83Rockville Centre, NY13-0.1 pts
84Floral Park, NY12.6+0.7 pts
85Dobbs Ferry, NY12.50 pts
86Tarrytown, NY12.4-0.2 pts
87Garden City, NY12.3+0.1 pts
88New Hyde Park, NY11.8+0.1 pts
89Rye, NY11.2+0.4 pts
90Scarsdale, NY10.3-0.3 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who say their mental health was not good on 14 or more of the past 30 days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/new-york-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/new-york-cities.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/new-york-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate?

Kiryas Joel, NY, with 29.4% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which city has the lowest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate?

Scarsdale, NY, with 10.3% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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