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Home to both the largest city and biggest state park in the country, New York provides residents with urban playgrounds and impressive natural amenities. While New York City garners much of the tourism attention, the rest of the state offers highly livable communities. The best places to live in New York include Albany, Syracuse and White Plains. Residents enjoy a wealth of entertainment options from Broadway shows to pro sports teams like the New York Yankees and the Buffalo Bills.
Quick Facts
- Average Household Income
- $65,889
- Average Property Tax
- $2,022
- State Population
- 20,030,453
- Sales Tax
- 4%
- State Income Tax
- 4%-8.82%
Places We Love In New York
Cities in New York on Livability.com
- Airmont, NY
- Albany, NY
- Albertson, NY
- Albion, NY
- Amityville, NY
- Amsterdam, NY
- Auburn, NY
- Babylon, NY
- Baldwin Harbor, NY
- Baldwin, NY
- Baldwinsville, NY
- Ballston Spa, NY
- Batavia, NY
- Bath, NY
- Bay Shore, NY
- Bayport, NY
- Bayville, NY
- Baywood, NY
- Beacon, NY
- Bellmore, NY
- Bethpage, NY
- Big Flats, NY
- Binghamton University, NY
- Binghamton, NY
- Blauvelt, NY
- Bohemia, NY
- Brentwood, NY
- Briarcliff Manor, NY
- Brighton, NY
- Brockport, NY
- Bronxville, NY
- Buffalo, NY
- Calverton, NY
- Canandaigua, NY
- Canton, NY
- Carle Place, NY
- Carmel Hamlet, NY
- Cedarhurst, NY
- Center Moriches, NY
- Centereach, NY
- Centerport, NY
- Central Islip, NY
- Cheektowaga, NY
- Chestnut Ridge, NY
- Chittenango, NY
- Cohoes, NY
- Colonie, NY
- Commack, NY
- Congers, NY
- Copiague, NY
- Coram, NY
- Corning, NY
- Cortland, NY
- Croton-on-Hudson, NY
- Deer Park, NY
- Depew, NY
- Dix Hills, NY
- Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Dunkirk, NY
- East Aurora, NY
- East Farmingdale, NY
- East Glenville, NY
- East Hills, NY
- East Islip, NY
- East Massapequa, NY
- East Meadow, NY
- East Moriches, NY
- East Northport, NY
- East Patchogue, NY
- East Quogue, NY
- East Rochester, NY
- East Rockaway, NY
- East Shoreham, NY
- Eastchester, NY
- Eggertsville, NY
- Elmira, NY
- Elmont, NY
- Elwood, NY
- Endicott, NY
- Endwell, NY
- Fairmount, NY
- Fairport, NY
- Fairview, NY
- Farmingdale, NY
- Farmingville, NY
- Firthcliffe, NY
- Floral Park, NY
- Fort Drum, NY
- Fort Salonga, NY
- Franklin Square, NY
- Fredonia, NY
- Freeport, NY
- Fulton, NY
- Garden City Park, NY
- Garden City, NY
- Geneseo, NY
- Geneva, NY
- Glen Cove, NY
- Glens Falls North, NY
- Glens Falls, NY
- Gloversville, NY
- Goshen, NY
- Great Neck Plaza, NY
- Great Neck, NY
- Greece, NY
- Greenlawn, NY
- Greenville, NY
- Hamburg, NY
- Hamlin, NY
- Hampton Bays, NY
- Harris Hill, NY
- Harrison, NY
- Hartsdale, NY
- Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
- Hauppauge, NY
- Haverstraw, NY
- Hempstead, NY
- Herkimer, NY
- Hewlett, NY
- Hicksville, NY
- Highland, NY
- Hillcrest, NY
- Hilton, NY
- Holbrook, NY
- Holtsville, NY
- Hornell, NY
- Horseheads, NY
- Hudson Falls, NY
- Hudson, NY
- Huntington Station, NY
- Huntington, NY
- Ilion, NY
- Inwood, NY
- Irondequoit, NY
- Irvington, NY
- Islip Terrace, NY
- Islip, NY
- Ithaca, NY
- Jamestown, NY
- Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY
- Jericho, NY
- Johnson City, NY
- Johnstown, NY
- Kaser, NY
- Kenmore, NY
- Kings Park, NY
- Kings Point, NY
- Kingston, NY
- Kiryas Joel, NY
- Lackawanna, NY
- Lake Carmel, NY
- Lake Grove, NY
- Lake Mohegan, NY
- Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
- Lakeview, NY
- Lancaster, NY
- Larchmont, NY
- Lawrence, NY
- Levittown, NY
- Lindenhurst, NY
- Lockport, NY
- Long Beach, NY
- Lynbrook, NY
- Mahopac, NY
- Malone, NY
- Malverne, NY
- Mamaroneck, NY
- Manhasset, NY
- Manorhaven, NY
- Manorville, NY
- Massapequa Park, NY
- Massapequa, NY
- Massena, NY
- Mastic Beach, NY
- Mastic, NY
- Mattydale, NY
- Mechanicstown, NY
- Mechanicville, NY
- Medford, NY
- Medina, NY
- Melville, NY
- Merrick, NY
- Middle Island, NY
- Middletown, NY
- Miller Place, NY
- Mineola, NY
- Monroe, NY
- Monsey, NY
- Monticello, NY
- Mount Ivy, NY
- Mount Kisco, NY
- Mount Sinai, NY
- Mount Vernon, NY
- Myers Corner, NY
- Nanuet, NY
- Nesconset, NY
- New Cassel, NY
- New City, NY
- New Hempstead, NY
- New Hyde Park, NY
- New Paltz, NY
- New Rochelle, NY
- New Square, NY
- New Windsor, NY
- New York, NY
- Newark, NY
- Newburgh, NY
- Niagara Falls, NY
- North Amityville, NY
- North Babylon, NY
- North Bay Shore, NY
- North Bellmore, NY
- North Bellport, NY
- North Gates, NY
- North Hills, NY
- North Lindenhurst, NY
- North Massapequa, NY
- North Merrick, NY
- North New Hyde Park, NY
- North Patchogue, NY
- North Syracuse, NY
- North Tonawanda, NY
- North Valley Stream, NY
- North Wantagh, NY
- Northport, NY
- Norwich, NY
- Nyack, NY
- Oakdale, NY
- Oceanside, NY
- Ogdensburg, NY
- Old Bethpage, NY
- Olean, NY
- Oneida, NY
- Oneonta, NY
- Orange Lake, NY
- Ossining, NY
- Oswego, NY
- Oyster Bay, NY
- Patchogue, NY
- Pearl River, NY
- Peekskill, NY
- Pelham Manor, NY
- Pelham, NY
- Penn Yan, NY
- Plainedge, NY
- Plainview, NY
- Plattsburgh, NY
- Pleasantville, NY
- Port Chester, NY
- Port Jefferson Station, NY
- Port Jefferson, NY
- Port Jervis, NY
- Port Washington, NY
- Potsdam, NY
- Poughkeepsie, NY
- Rensselaer, NY
- Ridge, NY
- Riverhead, NY
- Rochester, NY
- Rockville Centre, NY
- Rocky Point, NY
- Rome, NY
- Ronkonkoma, NY
- Roosevelt, NY
- Roslyn Heights, NY
- Rotterdam, NY
- Rye Brook, NY
- Rye, NY
- Salamanca, NY
- Salisbury, NY
- Saranac Lake, NY
- Saratoga Springs, NY
- Sayville, NY
- Scarsdale, NY
- Schenectady, NY
- Scotchtown, NY
- Scotia, NY
- Sea Cliff, NY
- Seaford, NY
- Searingtown, NY
- Selden, NY
- Seneca Falls, NY
- Setauket-East Setauket, NY
- Shirley, NY
- Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Smithtown, NY
- Solvay, NY
- Sound Beach, NY
- South Farmingdale, NY
- South Hill, NY
- South Huntington, NY
- South Lockport, NY
- South Valley Stream, NY
- Southold, NY
- Southport, NY
- Spring Valley, NY
- Springs, NY
- St. James, NY
- Stony Brook University, NY
- Stony Brook, NY
- Stony Point, NY
- Suffern, NY
- Syosset, NY
- Syracuse, NY
- Tappan, NY
- Tarrytown, NY
- Terryville, NY
- Thiells, NY
- Tonawanda, NY
- Troy, NY
- Tuckahoe, NY
- Uniondale, NY
- University at Buffalo, NY
- Utica, NY
- Valley Cottage, NY
- Valley Stream, NY
- Viola, NY
- Wading River, NY
- Walden, NY
- Wantagh, NY
- Wappingers Falls, NY
- Warwick, NY
- Washingtonville, NY
- Waterloo, NY
- Watertown, NY
- Watervliet, NY
- Webster, NY
- Wesley Hills, NY
- West Babylon, NY
- West Glens Falls, NY
- West Haverstraw, NY
- West Hempstead, NY
- West Hills, NY
- West Islip, NY
- West Point, NY
- West Sayville, NY
- West Seneca, NY
- Westbury, NY
- Westmere, NY
- Wheatley Heights, NY
- White Plains, NY
- Williamsville, NY
- Williston Park, NY
- Woodbury, NY
- Woodbury, NY
- Woodmere, NY
- Wyandanch, NY
- Yaphank, NY
- Yonkers, NY