New York · 170 places of 5,000+
Fastest-growing cities in New York, 2020 to 2024
Short answer
Kiryas Joel is the fastest-growing city of 5,000+ in New York, +30.9% from 2020 to 2024. Oneonta (+20.1%) is second.
- Fastest
- +30.9%
- Growing
- 68
- Shrinking
- 102
The 20 fastest-growing
Kiryas Joel grew fastest, from 33,510 in July 2020 to 43,863 in July 2024, +30.9%. It is the 17th largest of the 170 places ranked. 68 places grew and 102 shrank or held flat; the median change was -0.5%.
By raw numbers the biggest gain was in Kiryas Joel, +10,353 people. At the other end, Ogdensburg changed by -6.0%. Growth is measured between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates for places with 5,000 or more residents in 2024, so fast growth from a small base can outrank larger absolute gains.
- 01Kiryas Joel+30.9%
- 02Oneonta+20.1%
- 03New Paltz+17.5%
- 04Sleepy Hollow+14.6%
- 05Ithaca+11.9%
- 06Harrison+11.3%
- 07Kaser+9.2%
- 08Alfred+8.5%
- 09Beacon+6.8%
- 10New Rochelle+6.6%
- 11Brockport+5.3%
- 12Great Neck Plaza+5.1%
- 13White Plains+5.0%
- 14Pelham+3.8%
- 15Airmont+3.1%
- 16New Square+2.9%
- 17Wesley Hills+2.9%
- 18Port Jefferson+2.8%
- 19Albany+2.7%
- 20Rensselaer+2.7%
Dots: the 20 places in the chart. Orange pin: Kiryas Joel, ranked first.
All 170 places of 5,000+ ranked
| # | Place | 2024 | Since 2020 | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiryas Joel | 43,863 | +30.9% | Orange County |
| 2 | Oneonta | 15,679 | +20.1% | Otsego County |
| 3 | New Paltz | 8,646 | +17.5% | Ulster County |
| 4 | Sleepy Hollow | 11,427 | +14.6% | Westchester County |
| 5 | Ithaca | 33,768 | +11.9% | Tompkins County |
| 6 | Harrison | 31,321 | +11.3% | Westchester County |
| 7 | Kaser | 5,970 | +9.2% | Rockland County |
| 8 | Alfred | 5,471 | +8.5% | Allegany County |
| 9 | Beacon | 15,292 | +6.8% | Dutchess County |
| 10 | New Rochelle | 85,512 | +6.6% | Westchester County |
| 11 | Brockport | 7,489 | +5.3% | Monroe County |
| 12 | Great Neck Plaza | 7,824 | +5.1% | Nassau County |
| 13 | White Plains | 62,561 | +5.0% | Westchester County |
| 14 | Pelham | 7,579 | +3.8% | Westchester County |
| 15 | Airmont | 10,380 | +3.1% | Rockland County |
| 16 | New Square | 9,973 | +2.9% | Rockland County |
| 17 | Wesley Hills | 6,310 | +2.9% | Rockland County |
| 18 | Port Jefferson | 8,189 | +2.8% | Suffolk County |
| 19 | Albany | 101,317 | +2.7% | Albany County |
| 20 | Rensselaer | 9,453 | +2.7% | Rensselaer County |
| 21 | Chestnut Ridge | 10,746 | +2.6% | Rockland County |
| 22 | Amityville | 9,718 | +2.6% | Suffolk County |
| 23 | Cohoes | 18,530 | +2.3% | Albany County |
| 24 | Poughkeepsie | 32,293 | +2.3% | Dutchess County |
| 25 | Mineola | 21,305 | +2.2% | Nassau County |
| 26 | Liberty | 5,136 | +2.1% | Sullivan County |
| 27 | Spring Valley | 33,637 | +2.0% | Rockland County |
| 28 | Nyack | 7,369 | +1.8% | Rockland County |
| 29 | Schenectady | 69,495 | +1.7% | Schenectady County |
| 30 | Peekskill | 25,757 | +1.7% | Westchester County |
| 31 | Lynbrook | 20,684 | +1.6% | Nassau County |
| 32 | Webster | 5,787 | +1.6% | Monroe County |
| 33 | Geneseo | 7,722 | +1.5% | Livingston County |
| 34 | Island Park | 5,019 | +1.5% | Nassau County |
| 35 | Haverstraw | 12,445 | +1.5% | Rockland County |
| 36 | Williamsville | 5,489 | +1.4% | Erie County |
| 37 | Kings Point | 5,680 | +1.2% | Nassau County |
| 38 | West Haverstraw | 10,804 | +1.2% | Rockland County |
| 39 | Hempstead | 59,569 | +1.2% | Nassau County |
| 40 | Farmingdale | 8,553 | +1.2% | Nassau County |
| 41 | New Hempstead | 5,515 | +1.2% | Rockland County |
| 42 | Suffern | 11,537 | +1.1% | Rockland County |
| 43 | Albion | 5,704 | +1.0% | Orleans County |
| 44 | Garden City | 22,993 | +0.9% | Nassau County |
| 45 | Hamburg | 9,835 | +0.9% | Erie County |
| 46 | Scotia | 7,321 | +0.8% | Schenectady County |
| 47 | East Hills | 7,295 | +0.7% | Nassau County |
| 48 | Oswego | 17,047 | +0.7% | Oswego County |
| 49 | Saratoga Springs | 28,741 | +0.7% | Saratoga County |
| 50 | Walden | 6,909 | +0.6% | Orange County |
| 51 | Lake Grove | 11,109 | +0.6% | Suffolk County |
| 52 | North Syracuse | 6,761 | +0.6% | Onondaga County |
| 53 | Patchogue | 12,447 | +0.6% | Suffolk County |
| 54 | Manorhaven | 6,997 | +0.6% | Nassau County |
| 55 | Larchmont | 6,640 | +0.5% | Westchester County |
| 56 | Westbury | 15,871 | +0.4% | Nassau County |
| 57 | Dobbs Ferry | 11,513 | +0.3% | Westchester County |
| 58 | Rome | 31,990 | +0.3% | Oneida County |
| 59 | Lindenhurst | 27,160 | +0.3% | Suffolk County |
| 60 | Lawrence | 6,807 | +0.2% | Nassau County |
| 61 | East Aurora | 5,986 | +0.2% | Erie County |
| 62 | Tarrytown | 11,829 | +0.2% | Westchester County |
| 63 | Goshen | 5,760 | +0.2% | Orange County |
| 64 | Babylon | 12,193 | +0.2% | Suffolk County |
| 65 | Corning | 10,605 | +0.2% | Steuben County |
| 66 | Monroe | 9,502 | +0.1% | Orange County |
| 67 | Woodbury | 11,523 | +0.0% | Orange County |
| 68 | Yonkers | 211,040 | +0.0% | Westchester County |
| 69 | Long Beach | 34,777 | -0.1% | Nassau County |
| 70 | Amsterdam | 18,169 | -0.2% | Montgomery County |
| 71 | Monticello | 7,228 | -0.2% | Sullivan County |
| 72 | Northport | 7,317 | -0.2% | Suffolk County |
| 73 | Croton-on-Hudson | 8,232 | -0.2% | Westchester County |
| 74 | Elmira | 26,255 | -0.2% | Chemung County |
| 75 | East Rockaway | 10,064 | -0.2% | Nassau County |
| 76 | Great Neck | 11,075 | -0.3% | Nassau County |
| 77 | Cortland | 17,459 | -0.3% | Cortland County |
| 78 | Buffalo | 276,617 | -0.3% | Erie County |
| 79 | Cedarhurst | 7,324 | -0.4% | Nassau County |
| 80 | Middletown | 30,188 | -0.4% | Orange County |
| 81 | Plattsburgh | 19,758 | -0.4% | Clinton County |
| 82 | North Hills | 5,427 | -0.4% | Nassau County |
| 83 | Herkimer | 7,254 | -0.5% | Herkimer County |
| 84 | Bayville | 6,739 | -0.5% | Nassau County |
| 85 | Rye | 16,463 | -0.5% | Westchester County |
| 86 | Troy | 51,065 | -0.5% | Rensselaer County |
| 87 | Glen Cove | 28,088 | -0.5% | Nassau County |
| 88 | Canandaigua | 10,476 | -0.5% | Ontario County |
| 89 | New Hyde Park | 10,220 | -0.5% | Nassau County |
| 90 | Wappingers Falls | 6,070 | -0.6% | Dutchess County |
| 91 | Syracuse | 146,097 | -0.6% | Onondaga County |
| 92 | Freeport | 44,028 | -0.6% | Nassau County |
| 93 | Valley Stream | 40,232 | -0.7% | Nassau County |
| 94 | Batavia | 15,071 | -0.7% | Genesee County |
| 95 | Rockville Centre | 25,718 | -0.7% | Nassau County |
| 96 | Rye Brook | 9,900 | -0.7% | Westchester County |
| 97 | Sea Cliff | 5,024 | -0.7% | Nassau County |
| 98 | Lancaster | 10,094 | -0.7% | Erie County |
| 99 | Massapequa Park | 16,922 | -0.8% | Nassau County |
| 100 | Hudson Falls | 7,359 | -0.8% | Washington County |
| 101 | Williston Park | 7,503 | -0.8% | Nassau County |
| 102 | Watervliet | 10,268 | -0.9% | Albany County |
| 103 | Scarsdale | 18,036 | -0.9% | Westchester County |
| 104 | Colonie | 7,691 | -0.9% | Albany County |
| 105 | Malverne | 8,464 | -0.9% | Nassau County |
| 106 | Tonawanda | 14,984 | -0.9% | Erie County |
| 107 | Kingston | 23,748 | -1.0% | Ulster County |
| 108 | Floral Park | 15,966 | -1.0% | Nassau County |
| 109 | Hilton | 5,975 | -1.0% | Monroe County |
| 110 | Tuckahoe | 6,984 | -1.1% | Westchester County |
| 111 | Fulton | 11,234 | -1.2% | Oswego County |
| 112 | Washingtonville | 5,650 | -1.2% | Orange County |
| 113 | Gloversville | 14,894 | -1.3% | Fulton County |
| 114 | Briarcliff Manor | 7,440 | -1.3% | Westchester County |
| 115 | Ilion | 7,559 | -1.4% | Herkimer County |
| 116 | Mamaroneck | 19,783 | -1.4% | Westchester County |
| 117 | Bath | 5,512 | -1.5% | Steuben County |
| 118 | North Tonawanda | 29,981 | -1.5% | Niagara County |
| 119 | Lackawanna | 19,629 | -1.5% | Erie County |
| 120 | Mechanicville | 5,083 | -1.5% | Saratoga County |
| 121 | Kenmore | 14,936 | -1.6% | Erie County |
| 122 | Depew | 14,910 | -1.6% | Erie County |
| 123 | Newark | 8,932 | -1.6% | Wayne County |
| 124 | Elmsford | 5,168 | -1.6% | Westchester County |
| 125 | Medina | 5,912 | -1.6% | Orleans County |
| 126 | Ossining | 26,895 | -1.7% | Westchester County |
| 127 | Hastings-on-Hudson | 8,407 | -1.7% | Westchester County |
| 128 | Rochester | 207,282 | -1.7% | Monroe County |
| 129 | Warwick | 6,546 | -1.7% | Orange County |
| 130 | Penn Yan | 5,024 | -1.8% | Yates County |
| 131 | Johnstown | 8,027 | -1.8% | Fulton County |
| 132 | Pleasantville | 7,351 | -1.9% | Westchester County |
| 133 | Baldwinsville | 7,662 | -1.9% | Onondaga County |
| 134 | Pelham Manor | 5,613 | -1.9% | Westchester County |
| 135 | Port Chester | 30,957 | -2.0% | Westchester County |
| 136 | Irvington | 6,502 | -2.0% | Westchester County |
| 137 | Port Jervis | 8,566 | -2.0% | Orange County |
| 138 | Mount Kisco | 10,698 | -2.0% | Westchester County |
| 139 | Hornell | 8,078 | -2.1% | Steuben County |
| 140 | Newburgh | 28,181 | -2.1% | Orange County |
| 141 | Solvay | 6,495 | -2.1% | Onondaga County |
| 142 | Niagara Falls | 47,512 | -2.1% | Niagara County |
| 143 | Lockport | 20,394 | -2.1% | Niagara County |
| 144 | Watertown | 24,038 | -2.1% | Jefferson County |
| 145 | Binghamton | 46,773 | -2.1% | Broome County |
| 146 | Olean | 13,614 | -2.1% | Cattaraugus County |
| 147 | Fairport | 5,341 | -2.1% | Monroe County |
| 148 | Mount Vernon | 71,999 | -2.1% | Westchester County |
| 149 | Malone | 5,373 | -2.1% | Franklin County |
| 150 | Bronxville | 6,479 | -2.2% | Westchester County |
| 151 | Glens Falls | 14,455 | -2.2% | Warren County |
| 152 | Utica | 63,660 | -2.3% | Oneida County |
| 153 | Geneva | 12,397 | -2.4% | Ontario County |
| 154 | Oneida | 10,066 | -2.4% | Madison County |
| 155 | Massena | 9,998 | -2.4% | St. Lawrence County |
| 156 | Dunkirk | 12,379 | -2.8% | Chautauqua County |
| 157 | Johnson City | 14,698 | -2.8% | Broome County |
| 158 | Hudson | 5,735 | -2.9% | Columbia County |
| 159 | East Rochester | 6,139 | -3.0% | Monroe County |
| 160 | Salamanca | 5,757 | -3.0% | Cattaraugus County |
| 161 | New York | 8,478,072 | -3.0% | Kings County +4 |
| 162 | Endicott | 13,199 | -3.3% | Broome County |
| 163 | Auburn | 25,963 | -3.4% | Cayuga County |
| 164 | Jamestown | 27,699 | -3.4% | Chautauqua County |
| 165 | Fredonia | 9,295 | -3.7% | Chautauqua County |
| 166 | Horseheads | 6,343 | -3.8% | Chemung County |
| 167 | Potsdam | 8,162 | -4.0% | St. Lawrence County |
| 168 | Norwich | 6,608 | -5.7% | Chenango County |
| 169 | Canton | 6,957 | -5.9% | St. Lawrence County |
| 170 | Ogdensburg | 9,282 | -6.0% | St. Lawrence County |
Questions people ask
What is the fastest-growing city in New York?
Kiryas Joel, up 30.9% from July 2020 to July 2024 among places of 5,000+, to 43,863 residents.
Which New York city added the most people?
Kiryas Joel, which gained 10,353 residents from July 2020 to July 2024.
How many New York cities are shrinking?
102 of 170 places of 5,000+ had the same or fewer residents in July 2024 than in July 2020.
Why use places of 5,000 or more?
Small towns can swing by double-digit percentages from a few new homes, and Census estimates for them carry more uncertainty. The 5,000 floor keeps the ranking to places where a percentage means something.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.