# Cities in New York by average household size, 2024

All 90 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/new-york-cities

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | New Square, NY | 5.3 |
| 2 | Kiryas Joel, NY | 5.1 |
| 3 | Airmont, NY | 4.1 |
| 4 | Chestnut Ridge, NY | 3.7 |
| 5 | Spring Valley, NY | 3.6 |
| 6 | Hempstead, NY | 3.4 |
| 7 | West Haverstraw, NY | 3.4 |
| 8 | Valley Stream, NY | 3.3 |
| 9 | Woodbury, NY | 3.2 |
| 10 | Scarsdale, NY | 3.2 |
| 11 | Great Neck, NY | 3.2 |
| 11 | Lindenhurst, NY | 3.2 |
| 13 | Haverstraw, NY | 3.2 |
| 14 | Freeport, NY | 3.1 |
| 15 | Middletown, NY | 3 |
| 16 | Westbury, NY | 3 |
| 17 | Lake Grove, NY | 2.9 |
| 18 | New Hyde Park, NY | 2.9 |
| 19 | Harrison, NY | 2.9 |
| 20 | Lynbrook, NY | 2.9 |
| 21 | Floral Park, NY | 2.9 |
| 21 | Garden City, NY | 2.9 |
| 23 | Rye, NY | 2.9 |
| 24 | Massapequa Park, NY | 2.8 |
| 25 | Port Chester, NY | 2.8 |
| 26 | Ossining, NY | 2.7 |
| 27 | Dobbs Ferry, NY | 2.7 |
| 28 | Mamaroneck, NY | 2.7 |
| 29 | Newburgh, NY | 2.6 |
| 30 | East Rockaway, NY | 2.6 |
| 31 | Babylon, NY | 2.6 |
| 32 | Sleepy Hollow, NY | 2.6 |
| 33 | Mount Vernon, NY | 2.6 |
| 33 | Rockville Centre, NY | 2.6 |
| 35 | Yonkers, NY | 2.5 |
| 36 | New Rochelle, NY | 2.5 |
| 37 | New York, NY | 2.5 |
| 38 | Glen Cove, NY | 2.5 |
| 38 | Mineola, NY | 2.5 |
| 40 | Suffern, NY | 2.4 |
| 41 | Mount Kisco, NY | 2.4 |
| 42 | Utica, NY | 2.4 |
| 43 | Peekskill, NY | 2.4 |
| 44 | Fulton, NY | 2.4 |
| 45 | Lackawanna, NY | 2.3 |
| 46 | Amsterdam, NY | 2.3 |
| 46 | White Plains, NY | 2.3 |
| 48 | Patchogue, NY | 2.3 |
| 49 | Kingston, NY | 2.3 |
| 50 | Poughkeepsie, NY | 2.3 |
| 51 | Buffalo, NY | 2.3 |
| 51 | Oswego, NY | 2.3 |
| 53 | Dunkirk, NY | 2.2 |
| 54 | Depew, NY | 2.2 |
| 54 | Elmira, NY | 2.2 |
| 54 | Long Beach, NY | 2.2 |
| 57 | Schenectady, NY | 2.2 |
| 58 | Lockport, NY | 2.2 |
| 59 | Jamestown, NY | 2.2 |
| 59 | Johnson City, NY | 2.2 |
| 61 | Beacon, NY | 2.2 |
| 61 | Gloversville, NY | 2.2 |
| 63 | Oneida, NY | 2.2 |
| 64 | North Tonawanda, NY | 2.1 |
| 64 | Rochester, NY | 2.1 |
| 64 | Syracuse, NY | 2.1 |
| 64 | Tarrytown, NY | 2.1 |
| 68 | Binghamton, NY | 2.1 |
| 68 | Rome, NY | 2.1 |
| 68 | Troy, NY | 2.1 |
| 71 | Kenmore, NY | 2.1 |
| 72 | Olean, NY | 2.1 |
| 72 | Tonawanda, NY | 2.1 |
| 74 | Geneva, NY | 2.1 |
| 74 | Niagara Falls, NY | 2.1 |
| 76 | Cohoes, NY | 2.1 |
| 77 | Cortland, NY | 2.1 |
| 78 | Auburn, NY | 2 |
| 79 | Glens Falls, NY | 2 |
| 80 | Endicott, NY | 2 |
| 81 | Watervliet, NY | 2 |
| 82 | Albany, NY | 2 |
| 83 | Watertown, NY | 2 |
| 84 | Batavia, NY | 2 |
| 84 | Canandaigua, NY | 2 |
| 86 | Corning, NY | 2 |
| 86 | Oneonta, NY | 2 |
| 86 | Saratoga Springs, NY | 2 |
| 89 | Plattsburgh, NY | 1.8 |
| 90 | Ithaca, NY | 1.7 |