Best Places to Live in New York for Walkable City Living

Top 25 places

1. #1New RochellePopulation 80,828 · mixed overall livability100% match
2. #2CheektowagaPopulation 76,483 · mixed overall livability100% match
3. #3HempsteadPopulation 58,557 · mixed overall livability100% match
4. #4TroyPopulation 51,268 · mixed overall livability100% match
5. #5IrondequoitPopulation 50,780 · mixed overall livability100% match
6. #6LevittownPopulation 50,804 · mixed overall livability92% match
7. #7AlbanyPopulation 99,692 · mixed overall livability89% match
8. #8SchenectadyPopulation 68,476 · mixed overall livability89% match
9. #9Tonawanda TownPopulation 57,210 · mixed overall livability86% match
10. #10FreeportPopulation 44,210 · mixed overall livability83% match
11. #11BrightonPopulation 36,819 · mixed overall livability83% match
12. #12IthacaPopulation 31,359 · mixed overall livability83% match
13. #13Port ChesterPopulation 31,288 · mixed overall livability83% match
14. #14MiddletownPopulation 30,169 · mixed overall livability83% match
15. #15Deer ParkPopulation 27,304 · mixed overall livability83% match
16. #16BuffaloPopulation 276,688 · mixed overall livability81% match
17. #17YonkersPopulation 209,780 · mixed overall livability81% match
18. #18Mount VernonPopulation 72,817 · mixed overall livability81% match
19. #19West BabylonPopulation 42,783 · mixed overall livability75% match
20. #20Huntington StationPopulation 34,588 · mixed overall livability75% match
21. #21BaldwinPopulation 33,776 · mixed overall livability75% match
22. #22HarrisonPopulation 28,721 · mixed overall livability75% match
23. #23Glen CovePopulation 28,132 · mixed overall livability75% match
24. #24White PlainsPopulation 59,421 · mixed overall livability72% match
25. #25Niagara FallsPopulation 48,502 · mixed overall livability72% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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