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Cities in New York by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate

New Square, NY had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 90 cities in 2022, at 38.8%. Rye, NY had the lowest, at 13.6%. The median was 25.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest38.8New Square, NY
Lowest13.6Rye, NY
Median25.990 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

New Square, NY: 38.8 %New Square, NY38.8Kiryas Joel, NY: 37 %Kiryas Joel, NY37Utica, NY: 35.2 %Utica, NY35.2Newburgh, NY: 34.7 %Newburgh, NY34.7Spring Valley, NY: 34.2 %Spring Valley, NY34.2Buffalo, NY: 33.3 %Buffalo, NY33.3Elmira, NY: 33.2 %Elmira, NY33.2Hempstead, NY: 33.1 %Hempstead, NY33.1Haverstraw, NY: 33 %Haverstraw, NY33Lackawanna, NY: 32.9 %Lackawanna, NY32.9Endicott, NY: 32.8 %Endicott, NY32.8Jamestown, NY: 32.7 %Jamestown, NY32.7Gloversville, NY: 32.5 %Gloversville, NY32.5Amsterdam, NY: 32.3 %Amsterdam, NY32.3Dunkirk, NY: 32.3 %Dunkirk, NY32.3Niagara Falls, NY: 31.5 %Niagara Falls, NY31.5Fulton, NY: 31.1 %Fulton, NY31.1Rochester, NY: 31.1 %Rochester, NY31.1Binghamton, NY: 30.6 %Binghamton, NY30.6Rome, NY: 30.5 %Rome, NY30.5Auburn, NY: 30.4 %Auburn, NY30.4Middletown, NY: 30.3 %Middletown, NY30.3Syracuse, NY: 29.9 %Syracuse, NY29.9Olean, NY: 29.4 %Olean, NY29.4Watertown, NY: 29.3 %Watertown, NY29.3Johnson City, NY: 29.1 %Johnson City, NY29.1Schenectady, NY: 29.1 %Schenectady, NY29.1Oswego, NY: 28.9 %Oswego, NY28.9Watervliet, NY: 28.9 %Watervliet, NY28.9West Haverstraw, NY: 28.9 %West Haverstraw, NY28.9Poughkeepsie, NY: 28.8 %Poughkeepsie, NY28.8New York, NY: 27.9 %New York, NY27.9Cohoes, NY: 27.8 %Cohoes, NY27.8Freeport, NY: 27.3 %Freeport, NY27.3Albany, NY: 27 %Albany, NY27Glen Cove, NY: 26.9 %Glen Cove, NY26.9Glens Falls, NY: 26.8 %Glens Falls, NY26.8Troy, NY: 26.8 %Troy, NY26.8Port Chester, NY: 26.7 %Port Chester, NY26.7Batavia, NY: 26.6 %Batavia, NY26.6New Square, NY: 38.8 %New Square, NY38.8Kiryas Joel, NY: 37 %Kiryas Joel, NY37Utica, NY: 35.2 %Utica, NY35.2Newburgh, NY: 34.7 %Newburgh, NY34.7Spring Valley, NY: 34.2 %Spring Valley, NY34.2Buffalo, NY: 33.3 %Buffalo, NY33.3Elmira, NY: 33.2 %Elmira, NY33.2Hempstead, NY: 33.1 %Hempstead, NY33.1Haverstraw, NY: 33 %Haverstraw, NY33Lackawanna, NY: 32.9 %Lackawanna, NY32.9Endicott, NY: 32.8 %Endicott, NY32.8Jamestown, NY: 32.7 %Jamestown, NY32.7Gloversville, NY: 32.5 %Gloversville, NY32.5Amsterdam, NY: 32.3 %Amsterdam, NY32.3Dunkirk, NY: 32.3 %Dunkirk, NY32.3Niagara Falls, NY: 31.5 %Niagara Falls, NY31.5Fulton, NY: 31.1 %Fulton, NY31.1Rochester, NY: 31.1 %Rochester, NY31.1Binghamton, NY: 30.6 %Binghamton, NY30.6Rome, NY: 30.5 %Rome, NY30.5Auburn, NY: 30.4 %Auburn, NY30.4Middletown, NY: 30.3 %Middletown, NY30.3Syracuse, NY: 29.9 %Syracuse, NY29.9Olean, NY: 29.4 %Olean, NY29.4Watertown, NY: 29.3 %Watertown, NY29.3Johnson City, NY: 29.1 %Johnson City, NY29.1Schenectady, NY: 29.1 %Schenectady, NY29.1Oswego, NY: 28.9 %Oswego, NY28.9Watervliet, NY: 28.9 %Watervliet, NY28.9West Haverstraw, NY: 28.9 %West Haverstraw, NY28.9Poughkeepsie, NY: 28.8 %Poughkeepsie, NY28.8New York, NY: 27.9 %New York, NY27.9Cohoes, NY: 27.8 %Cohoes, NY27.8Freeport, NY: 27.3 %Freeport, NY27.3Albany, NY: 27 %Albany, NY27Glen Cove, NY: 26.9 %Glen Cove, NY26.9Glens Falls, NY: 26.8 %Glens Falls, NY26.8Troy, NY: 26.8 %Troy, NY26.8Port Chester, NY: 26.7 %Port Chester, NY26.7Batavia, NY: 26.6 %Batavia, NY26.6
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1New Square, NY38.8-3.2 pts
2Kiryas Joel, NY37-0.1 pts
3Utica, NY35.2+1.6 pts
4Newburgh, NY34.7-1.8 pts
5Spring Valley, NY34.2-2.8 pts
6Buffalo, NY33.3+0.9 pts
7Elmira, NY33.2+0.6 pts
8Hempstead, NY33.1-2.9 pts
9Haverstraw, NY33-0.6 pts
10Lackawanna, NY32.9-0.4 pts
11Endicott, NY32.8+5.7 pts
12Jamestown, NY32.7+2.3 pts
13Gloversville, NY32.5+0.6 pts
14Amsterdam, NY32.3+0.6 pts
14Dunkirk, NY32.3+1.5 pts
16Niagara Falls, NY31.5-1.8 pts
17Fulton, NY31.1+1 pts
17Rochester, NY31.1-2.4 pts
19Binghamton, NY30.6+2.2 pts
20Rome, NY30.5+0.7 pts
21Auburn, NY30.4+2.6 pts
22Middletown, NY30.3-0.4 pts
23Syracuse, NY29.9-2.8 pts
24Olean, NY29.4+2.4 pts
25Watertown, NY29.3+2.3 pts
26Johnson City, NY29.1+3.7 pts
26Schenectady, NY29.1-0.1 pts
28Oswego, NY28.9+0.1 pts
28Watervliet, NY28.9+2.7 pts
28West Haverstraw, NY28.9-2.5 pts
31Poughkeepsie, NY28.8-2.1 pts
32New York, NY27.9-0.2 pts
33Cohoes, NY27.8+3 pts
34Freeport, NY27.3-2.5 pts
35Albany, NY27+0.6 pts
36Glen Cove, NY26.9-0.8 pts
37Glens Falls, NY26.8+0.7 pts
37Troy, NY26.8+1.3 pts
39Port Chester, NY26.7-1.1 pts
40Batavia, NY26.6-0.6 pts
41Sleepy Hollow, NY26.3-0.3 pts
42Yonkers, NY26.2-0.8 pts
43Kingston, NY26+1.1 pts
43Lockport, NY26-2.5 pts
43Tonawanda, NY26+1.3 pts
46Plattsburgh, NY25.8+2.1 pts
47Cortland, NY25.6+0.5 pts
47Mount Vernon, NY25.6-2 pts
49Oneida, NY25.5+1.2 pts
50Depew, NY25.2+0.7 pts
51Airmont, NY24.8+0.4 pts
51Chestnut Ridge, NY24.8-3.3 pts
53Patchogue, NY24.7-1.7 pts
54Geneva, NY24.2-1.2 pts
55Lindenhurst, NY23.9-0.4 pts
55North Tonawanda, NY23.9-1.2 pts
57Peekskill, NY23.7-3.9 pts
58Canandaigua, NY23.2+1.6 pts
58Corning, NY23.2+0.2 pts
60Lake Grove, NY23.1+1.5 pts
60New Rochelle, NY23.1-0.4 pts
60Oneonta, NY23.1+2.8 pts
63Lynbrook, NY22.8+0.9 pts
63Valley Stream, NY22.8-1.1 pts
65Ossining, NY22.3-3.8 pts
66Westbury, NY22.2-4.6 pts
67Kenmore, NY22.1+1.2 pts
68Beacon, NY21.7-5.6 pts
69Mount Kisco, NY21.4-1.4 pts
70Suffern, NY21.2-2.1 pts
70White Plains, NY21.2-1.5 pts
72New Hyde Park, NY20.9-1.1 pts
73Babylon, NY20.8+1.1 pts
73Great Neck, NY20.8-1.7 pts
75Mamaroneck, NY20.5+0.1 pts
75Woodbury, NY20.5-1 pts
77Mineola, NY20.2-1.6 pts
78Long Beach, NY20-1.9 pts
79East Rockaway, NY19.5-2.2 pts
80Ithaca, NY19.2+2.5 pts
81Massapequa Park, NY18.3-2 pts
81Rockville Centre, NY18.3-1.4 pts
83Saratoga Springs, NY17.9+0.9 pts
83Tarrytown, NY17.9-0.6 pts
85Floral Park, NY17.3-2.5 pts
86Harrison, NY16.9-0.4 pts
87Dobbs Ferry, NY16.1-0.8 pts
88Garden City, NY15.5-1 pts
89Scarsdale, NY14.3+0.6 pts
90Rye, NY13.6-1.8 pts

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Percentage of adults who did no physical activity or exercise outside their regular job in the past month, such as running, golf, gardening or walking for exercise. 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.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity 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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in New York by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in New York by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/new-york-cities?period=2022. 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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in New York by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/new-york-cities?period=2022.

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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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in New York by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/new-york-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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New Square, NY, with 38.8% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Rye, NY, with 13.6% in 2022.

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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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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