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Cities in New York by households

New York, NY had the highest households of 90 cities in 2022, at 3.28 million. New Square, NY had the lowest, at 1,766. The median was 7,419 and the figure for New York was 7.6 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest3,282,804New York, NY
Lowest1,766New Square, NY
Median7,41990 cities
New York7,604,523History

Top 40 cities, 2022

New York, NY: 3,282,804 countNew York, NY3,282,804Buffalo, NY: 118,897 countBuffalo, NY118,897Rochester, NY: 91,315 countRochester, NY91,315Yonkers, NY: 81,470 countYonkers, NY81,470Syracuse, NY: 58,424 countSyracuse, NY58,424Albany, NY: 43,435 countAlbany, NY43,435New Rochelle, NY: 29,905 countNew Rochelle, NY29,905Mount Vernon, NY: 28,778 countMount Vernon, NY28,778Schenectady, NY: 28,108 countSchenectady, NY28,108Utica, NY: 24,617 countUtica, NY24,617White Plains, NY: 24,062 countWhite Plains, NY24,062Niagara Falls, NY: 22,428 countNiagara Falls, NY22,428Troy, NY: 21,574 countTroy, NY21,574Binghamton, NY: 20,935 countBinghamton, NY20,935Hempstead, NY: 17,030 countHempstead, NY17,030Long Beach, NY: 14,259 countLong Beach, NY14,259Freeport, NY: 14,169 countFreeport, NY14,169Rome, NY: 13,726 countRome, NY13,726North Tonawanda, NY: 13,643 countNorth Tonawanda, NY13,643Poughkeepsie, NY: 13,591 countPoughkeepsie, NY13,591Ithaca, NY: 13,233 countIthaca, NY13,233Saratoga Springs, NY: 12,704 countSaratoga Springs, NY12,704Jamestown, NY: 12,510 countJamestown, NY12,510Valley Stream, NY: 12,329 countValley Stream, NY12,329Auburn, NY: 11,544 countAuburn, NY11,544Watertown, NY: 11,455 countWatertown, NY11,455Peekskill, NY: 10,884 countPeekskill, NY10,884Glen Cove, NY: 10,691 countGlen Cove, NY10,691Newburgh, NY: 10,505 countNewburgh, NY10,505Elmira, NY: 10,313 countElmira, NY10,313Port Chester, NY: 10,211 countPort Chester, NY10,211Middletown, NY: 10,111 countMiddletown, NY10,111Rockville Centre, NY: 10,087 countRockville Centre, NY10,087Kingston, NY: 9,821 countKingston, NY9,821Ossining, NY: 9,753 countOssining, NY9,753Spring Valley, NY: 9,527 countSpring Valley, NY9,527Lockport, NY: 9,220 countLockport, NY9,220Plattsburgh, NY: 8,761 countPlattsburgh, NY8,761Lindenhurst, NY: 8,747 countLindenhurst, NY8,747Lackawanna, NY: 8,582 countLackawanna, NY8,582New York, NY: 3,282,804 countNew York, NY3,282,804Buffalo, NY: 118,897 countBuffalo, NY118,897Rochester, NY: 91,315 countRochester, NY91,315Yonkers, NY: 81,470 countYonkers, NY81,470Syracuse, NY: 58,424 countSyracuse, NY58,424Albany, NY: 43,435 countAlbany, NY43,435New Rochelle, NY: 29,905 countNew Rochelle, NY29,905Mount Vernon, NY: 28,778 countMount Vernon, NY28,778Schenectady, NY: 28,108 countSchenectady, NY28,108Utica, NY: 24,617 countUtica, NY24,617White Plains, NY: 24,062 countWhite Plains, NY24,062Niagara Falls, NY: 22,428 countNiagara Falls, NY22,428Troy, NY: 21,574 countTroy, NY21,574Binghamton, NY: 20,935 countBinghamton, NY20,935Hempstead, NY: 17,030 countHempstead, NY17,030Long Beach, NY: 14,259 countLong Beach, NY14,259Freeport, NY: 14,169 countFreeport, NY14,169Rome, NY: 13,726 countRome, NY13,726North Tonawanda, NY: 13,643 countNorth Tonawanda, NY13,643Poughkeepsie, NY: 13,591 countPoughkeepsie, NY13,591Ithaca, NY: 13,233 countIthaca, NY13,233Saratoga Springs, NY: 12,704 countSaratoga Springs, NY12,704Jamestown, NY: 12,510 countJamestown, NY12,510Valley Stream, NY: 12,329 countValley Stream, NY12,329Auburn, NY: 11,544 countAuburn, NY11,544Watertown, NY: 11,455 countWatertown, NY11,455Peekskill, NY: 10,884 countPeekskill, NY10,884Glen Cove, NY: 10,691 countGlen Cove, NY10,691Newburgh, NY: 10,505 countNewburgh, NY10,505Elmira, NY: 10,313 countElmira, NY10,313Port Chester, NY: 10,211 countPort Chester, NY10,211Middletown, NY: 10,111 countMiddletown, NY10,111Rockville Centre, NY: 10,087 countRockville Centre, NY10,087Kingston, NY: 9,821 countKingston, NY9,821Ossining, NY: 9,753 countOssining, NY9,753Spring Valley, NY: 9,527 countSpring Valley, NY9,527Lockport, NY: 9,220 countLockport, NY9,220Plattsburgh, NY: 8,761 countPlattsburgh, NY8,761Lindenhurst, NY: 8,747 countLindenhurst, NY8,747Lackawanna, NY: 8,582 countLackawanna, NY8,582
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
count		Change on 2021
1New York, NY3,282,804+1%
2Buffalo, NY118,897+0.7%
3Rochester, NY91,315-0.1%
4Yonkers, NY81,470+0.7%
5Syracuse, NY58,424+2.2%
6Albany, NY43,435+2.2%
7New Rochelle, NY29,905+1.9%
8Mount Vernon, NY28,778-1%
9Schenectady, NY28,108+6.9%
10Utica, NY24,617+1.9%
11White Plains, NY24,062+1.5%
12Niagara Falls, NY22,428+1.3%
13Troy, NY21,574+1.3%
14Binghamton, NY20,935-0.1%
15Hempstead, NY17,030+1.4%
16Long Beach, NY14,259+1.5%
17Freeport, NY14,169-2.1%
18Rome, NY13,726+5.5%
19North Tonawanda, NY13,643-1%
20Poughkeepsie, NY13,591-1.6%
21Ithaca, NY13,233+5.5%
22Saratoga Springs, NY12,704+0.3%
23Jamestown, NY12,510+1.6%
24Valley Stream, NY12,329-1.5%
25Auburn, NY11,544+1.8%
26Watertown, NY11,455+0.4%
27Peekskill, NY10,884+4.6%
28Glen Cove, NY10,691+1.4%
29Newburgh, NY10,505+5.6%
30Elmira, NY10,313+4.5%
31Port Chester, NY10,211+3.9%
32Middletown, NY10,111-4.6%
33Rockville Centre, NY10,087+0.2%
34Kingston, NY9,821+3.3%
35Ossining, NY9,753-1.6%
36Spring Valley, NY9,527-1.6%
37Lockport, NY9,220-1.1%
38Plattsburgh, NY8,761+2.9%
39Lindenhurst, NY8,747+2.7%
40Lackawanna, NY8,582+1.3%
41Mineola, NY8,427+2.7%
42Harrison, NY8,242+1.2%
43Cohoes, NY7,785-2.1%
44Garden City, NY7,579+0.6%
45Amsterdam, NY7,467+1.1%
46Batavia, NY7,370+3.9%
47Oswego, NY7,353+2.1%
48Kenmore, NY7,201+0.6%
49Mamaroneck, NY7,057+5.7%
50Lynbrook, NY7,031-1.2%
51Cortland, NY6,934+5.3%
52Tonawanda, NY6,876-1%
53Depew, NY6,745+3.2%
54Johnson City, NY6,691-1.1%
55Glens Falls, NY6,669-0.1%
56Endicott, NY6,298+1.6%
57Gloversville, NY6,226+0.8%
58Kiryas Joel, NY6,202+7.3%
59Olean, NY6,142+0.4%
60Rye, NY5,880+0.7%
61Massapequa Park, NY5,837-0.4%
62Beacon, NY5,815+4.3%
63Dunkirk, NY5,766-3.1%
64Scarsdale, NY5,523+1.4%
65Floral Park, NY5,498-1.8%
66Corning, NY5,284+0.6%
67Patchogue, NY5,269+2.1%
68Watervliet, NY5,246-0.6%
69Westbury, NY5,186-1.4%
70Canandaigua, NY5,104-0.5%
71Tarrytown, NY4,921+1.5%
72Fulton, NY4,792-0.4%
73Geneva, NY4,759+2.2%
74Babylon, NY4,6760%
75Suffern, NY4,663-1.1%
76Oneida, NY4,521+3.5%
77Oneonta, NY4,495+14.2%
78Mount Kisco, NY4,202-3.1%
79Sleepy Hollow, NY3,874+0.5%
80East Rockaway, NY3,822+0.5%
81Dobbs Ferry, NY3,794-0.5%
82Lake Grove, NY3,754+1.8%
83Haverstraw, NY3,686+0.9%
84Woodbury, NY3,517+0.5%
85Great Neck, NY3,300+0.5%
86New Hyde Park, NY3,290+5.1%
87West Haverstraw, NY3,265+2.3%
88Chestnut Ridge, NY2,742-0.3%
89Airmont, NY2,635+2.5%
90New Square, NY1,766-2.8%

Other periods

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Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

People living in group quarters, such as college dormitories, nursing homes and prisons, are not in households.

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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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in New York by households, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New York by households, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/new-york-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in New York by households, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/new-york-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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