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Cities in New York by housing units

New York, NY had the highest housing units of 90 cities in 2021, at 3.59 million. New Square, NY had the lowest, at 1,854. The median was 8,172 and the figure for New York was 8.45 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest3,590,995New York, NY
Lowest1,854New Square, NY
Median8,17290 cities
New York8,449,178History

Top 40 cities, 2021

New York, NY: 3,590,995 countNew York, NY3,590,995Buffalo, NY: 136,664 countBuffalo, NY136,664Rochester, NY: 102,764 countRochester, NY102,764Yonkers, NY: 85,242 countYonkers, NY85,242Syracuse, NY: 68,247 countSyracuse, NY68,247Albany, NY: 49,694 countAlbany, NY49,694Schenectady, NY: 31,835 countSchenectady, NY31,835New Rochelle, NY: 30,555 countNew Rochelle, NY30,555Mount Vernon, NY: 30,343 countMount Vernon, NY30,343Utica, NY: 28,515 countUtica, NY28,515Niagara Falls, NY: 26,149 countNiagara Falls, NY26,149White Plains, NY: 25,591 countWhite Plains, NY25,591Troy, NY: 24,729 countTroy, NY24,729Binghamton, NY: 24,400 countBinghamton, NY24,400Hempstead, NY: 18,057 countHempstead, NY18,057Long Beach, NY: 16,146 countLong Beach, NY16,146Freeport, NY: 15,035 countFreeport, NY15,035Rome, NY: 14,984 countRome, NY14,984Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,936 countPoughkeepsie, NY14,936North Tonawanda, NY: 14,902 countNorth Tonawanda, NY14,902Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,565 countSaratoga Springs, NY14,565Jamestown, NY: 14,344 countJamestown, NY14,344Ithaca, NY: 13,861 countIthaca, NY13,861Valley Stream, NY: 13,279 countValley Stream, NY13,279Watertown, NY: 13,179 countWatertown, NY13,179Auburn, NY: 13,003 countAuburn, NY13,003Elmira, NY: 12,230 countElmira, NY12,230Middletown, NY: 11,872 countMiddletown, NY11,872Newburgh, NY: 11,700 countNewburgh, NY11,700Peekskill, NY: 11,355 countPeekskill, NY11,355Glen Cove, NY: 10,974 countGlen Cove, NY10,974Kingston, NY: 10,643 countKingston, NY10,643Lockport, NY: 10,557 countLockport, NY10,557Port Chester, NY: 10,542 countPort Chester, NY10,542Ossining, NY: 10,454 countOssining, NY10,454Rockville Centre, NY: 10,432 countRockville Centre, NY10,432Spring Valley, NY: 10,280 countSpring Valley, NY10,280Plattsburgh, NY: 9,458 countPlattsburgh, NY9,458Lackawanna, NY: 9,324 countLackawanna, NY9,324Amsterdam, NY: 9,296 countAmsterdam, NY9,296New York, NY: 3,590,995 countNew York, NY3,590,995Buffalo, NY: 136,664 countBuffalo, NY136,664Rochester, NY: 102,764 countRochester, NY102,764Yonkers, NY: 85,242 countYonkers, NY85,242Syracuse, NY: 68,247 countSyracuse, NY68,247Albany, NY: 49,694 countAlbany, NY49,694Schenectady, NY: 31,835 countSchenectady, NY31,835New Rochelle, NY: 30,555 countNew Rochelle, NY30,555Mount Vernon, NY: 30,343 countMount Vernon, NY30,343Utica, NY: 28,515 countUtica, NY28,515Niagara Falls, NY: 26,149 countNiagara Falls, NY26,149White Plains, NY: 25,591 countWhite Plains, NY25,591Troy, NY: 24,729 countTroy, NY24,729Binghamton, NY: 24,400 countBinghamton, NY24,400Hempstead, NY: 18,057 countHempstead, NY18,057Long Beach, NY: 16,146 countLong Beach, NY16,146Freeport, NY: 15,035 countFreeport, NY15,035Rome, NY: 14,984 countRome, NY14,984Poughkeepsie, NY: 14,936 countPoughkeepsie, NY14,936North Tonawanda, NY: 14,902 countNorth Tonawanda, NY14,902Saratoga Springs, NY: 14,565 countSaratoga Springs, NY14,565Jamestown, NY: 14,344 countJamestown, NY14,344Ithaca, NY: 13,861 countIthaca, NY13,861Valley Stream, NY: 13,279 countValley Stream, NY13,279Watertown, NY: 13,179 countWatertown, NY13,179Auburn, NY: 13,003 countAuburn, NY13,003Elmira, NY: 12,230 countElmira, NY12,230Middletown, NY: 11,872 countMiddletown, NY11,872Newburgh, NY: 11,700 countNewburgh, NY11,700Peekskill, NY: 11,355 countPeekskill, NY11,355Glen Cove, NY: 10,974 countGlen Cove, NY10,974Kingston, NY: 10,643 countKingston, NY10,643Lockport, NY: 10,557 countLockport, NY10,557Port Chester, NY: 10,542 countPort Chester, NY10,542Ossining, NY: 10,454 countOssining, NY10,454Rockville Centre, NY: 10,432 countRockville Centre, NY10,432Spring Valley, NY: 10,280 countSpring Valley, NY10,280Plattsburgh, NY: 9,458 countPlattsburgh, NY9,458Lackawanna, NY: 9,324 countLackawanna, NY9,324Amsterdam, NY: 9,296 countAmsterdam, NY9,296
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
count
1New York, NY3,590,995
2Buffalo, NY136,664
3Rochester, NY102,764
4Yonkers, NY85,242
5Syracuse, NY68,247
6Albany, NY49,694
7Schenectady, NY31,835
8New Rochelle, NY30,555
9Mount Vernon, NY30,343
10Utica, NY28,515
11Niagara Falls, NY26,149
12White Plains, NY25,591
13Troy, NY24,729
14Binghamton, NY24,400
15Hempstead, NY18,057
16Long Beach, NY16,146
17Freeport, NY15,035
18Rome, NY14,984
19Poughkeepsie, NY14,936
20North Tonawanda, NY14,902
21Saratoga Springs, NY14,565
22Jamestown, NY14,344
23Ithaca, NY13,861
24Valley Stream, NY13,279
25Watertown, NY13,179
26Auburn, NY13,003
27Elmira, NY12,230
28Middletown, NY11,872
29Newburgh, NY11,700
30Peekskill, NY11,355
31Glen Cove, NY10,974
32Kingston, NY10,643
33Lockport, NY10,557
34Port Chester, NY10,542
35Ossining, NY10,454
36Rockville Centre, NY10,432
37Spring Valley, NY10,280
38Plattsburgh, NY9,458
39Lackawanna, NY9,324
40Amsterdam, NY9,296
41Lindenhurst, NY9,121
42Cohoes, NY9,074
43Harrison, NY8,689
44Mineola, NY8,537
45Oswego, NY8,431
46Garden City, NY7,912
47Johnson City, NY7,811
48Cortland, NY7,667
49Batavia, NY7,616
50Gloversville, NY7,566
51Kenmore, NY7,530
52Lynbrook, NY7,430
53Tonawanda, NY7,387
54Glens Falls, NY7,292
55Endicott, NY7,227
56Mamaroneck, NY7,138
57Depew, NY6,855
58Olean, NY6,689
59Dunkirk, NY6,363
60Beacon, NY6,275
61Rye, NY6,159
62Kiryas Joel, NY6,069
63Massapequa Park, NY6,060
64Watervliet, NY6,002
65Scarsdale, NY5,830
66Floral Park, NY5,787
67Corning, NY5,741
68Canandaigua, NY5,565
69Westbury, NY5,486
70Patchogue, NY5,464
71Fulton, NY5,293
72Geneva, NY5,192
73Tarrytown, NY5,060
74Oneonta, NY4,935
75Suffern, NY4,930
76Babylon, NY4,891
77Oneida, NY4,759
78Mount Kisco, NY4,475
79East Rockaway, NY4,262
80Sleepy Hollow, NY4,106
81Dobbs Ferry, NY4,068
82Woodbury, NY3,999
83Haverstraw, NY3,912
84Lake Grove, NY3,807
85Great Neck, NY3,651
86West Haverstraw, NY3,234
87New Hyde Park, NY3,131
88Chestnut Ridge, NY2,938
89Airmont, NY2,720
90New Square, NY1,854

Other periods

About this ranking

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

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 B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in New York by housing units, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New York by housing units, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/new-york-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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New York, NY, with 3.59 million in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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