Healthiest Cities in New York.

Cities in New York whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

201 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	Ithaca	32,814	22.6%	7.8%	17.4%
2	Scarsdale	18,010	19.6%	5.4%	13.8%
3	Rye	16,428	21.1%	6.1%	14.7%
4	Garden City	22,941	24.5%	5.9%	16.4%
5	Harrison	29,961	22.2%	7.8%	17.5%
6	Eastchester	20,491	21.8%	7.0%	16.4%
7	Woodmere	18,061	25.9%	6.9%	17.4%
8	Dobbs Ferry	11,443	23.1%	7.7%	17.6%
9	Plainview	25,982	24.1%	6.5%	18.6%
10	Syosset	18,433	22.9%	6.4%	19.2%
11	Stony Brook	12,868	24.9%	6.6%	18.5%
12	Niskayuna	21,227	28.6%	7.2%	15.9%
13	Dix Hills	24,773	24.9%	6.7%	18.8%
14	Tarrytown	11,784	24.1%	7.5%	18.5%
15	Port Washington	18,004	25.5%	6.2%	18.8%
16	Oneonta	15,045	27.0%	9.9%	21.4%
17	Fort Salonga	10,199	26.1%	6.9%	17.8%
18	Commack	36,558	26.0%	7.2%	18.7%
19	Bellmore	15,954	27.2%	7.8%	18.7%
20	North New Hyde Park	14,159	21.3%	6.6%	21.5%
21	West Islip	26,865	27.2%	8.2%	19.0%
22	Wantagh	18,365	27.4%	8.2%	18.9%
23	Massapequa	21,389	27.5%	8.0%	18.7%
24	East Setauket	10,149	26.2%	7.4%	19.2%
25	Huntington	19,948	26.9%	7.1%	18.3%
26	Floral Park	16,169	26.4%	7.5%	19.8%
27	Merrick	21,744	27.2%	7.8%	18.9%
28	North Bellmore	20,689	27.4%	8.0%	19.6%
29	Rockville Centre	25,765	27.7%	7.5%	19.5%
30	Jericho	13,759	21.9%	6.8%	21.7%
31	Brighton	36,834	26.2%	7.6%	20.1%
32	Massapequa Park	16,963	27.8%	8.3%	19.4%
33	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	14,154	23.7%	8.3%	19.3%
34	Elwood	11,762	26.5%	7.6%	20.2%
35	Smithtown	24,375	26.8%	7.9%	20.0%
36	North Wantagh	11,940	27.6%	8.1%	19.8%
37	Mamaroneck	19,826	24.9%	9.1%	20.6%
38	North Massapequa	17,877	27.9%	8.6%	19.8%
39	South Huntington	9,779	26.8%	7.6%	20.2%
40	Loudonville	10,527	27.2%	8.2%	17.6%
41	New City	34,458	25.8%	7.7%	20.6%
42	Babylon	12,185	28.4%	8.7%	19.6%
43	East Northport	19,700	27.6%	8.4%	19.9%
44	North Merrick	12,366	27.7%	8.6%	20.2%
45	Melville	19,714	25.0%	6.5%	20.3%
46	Miller Place	11,736	27.8%	8.7%	19.8%
47	New Hyde Park	10,220	23.5%	7.5%	22.8%
48	Sayville	15,408	27.4%	8.1%	20.0%
49	St. James	13,244	26.9%	8.0%	20.7%
50	Rocky Point	13,356	29.1%	9.7%	20.6%
51	Seaford	15,549	28.1%	8.9%	20.4%
52	Hauppauge	20,793	27.2%	8.4%	21.0%
53	Oceanside	31,639	28.0%	8.5%	20.9%
54	Mineola	21,211	27.3%	8.5%	22.0%
55	Salisbury	12,412	26.5%	7.8%	22.0%
56	Saratoga Springs	28,631	31.5%	8.9%	18.2%
57	Woodbury	11,334	29.1%	9.2%	20.5%
58	South Farmingdale	14,676	28.2%	9.0%	21.5%
59	De Witt	11,060	31.4%	7.8%	18.6%
60	Hicksville	43,780	24.7%	8.2%	23.6%
61	Pearl River	16,155	26.6%	9.2%	21.4%
62	Mount Sinai	11,093	27.1%	8.3%	20.8%
63	Long Beach	34,756	29.0%	8.4%	21.1%
64	East Massapequa	20,377	28.6%	8.0%	21.2%
65	Nesconset	13,833	27.9%	8.9%	21.3%
66	Bethpage	17,123	26.7%	8.5%	22.2%
67	East Islip	13,573	28.9%	9.6%	21.4%
68	Lake Grove	11,061	27.6%	8.9%	22.2%
69	East Glenville	11,914	30.7%	9.2%	18.6%
70	Kings Park	16,516	27.7%	9.1%	21.8%
71	Levittown	51,904	28.1%	9.3%	22.6%
72	Centereach	31,839	28.3%	9.7%	22.8%
73	West Hempstead	20,648	29.0%	8.6%	22.5%
74	East Rockaway	10,077	28.7%	9.2%	21.8%
75	Kenmore	15,044	31.0%	10.5%	20.4%
76	Eggertsville	14,894	29.9%	10.1%	21.4%
77	White Plains	60,666	26.0%	9.2%	22.9%
78	Ronkonkoma	18,709	29.3%	10.0%	22.5%
79	Stony Point	12,728	28.1%	9.5%	23.1%
80	Mount Kisco	10,737	26.4%	9.7%	23.5%
81	New Rochelle	82,769	26.6%	9.3%	23.3%
82	Ossining	26,950	27.7%	10.1%	23.9%
83	Myers Corner	10,877	27.2%	10.1%	20.4%
84	East Meadow	36,821	27.2%	8.7%	23.8%
85	Beacon	14,834	28.7%	10.8%	21.1%
86	Suffern	11,441	28.7%	9.5%	23.8%
87	Latham	13,802	28.6%	10.2%	20.9%
88	Holbrook	26,449	29.2%	10.2%	22.9%
89	Franklin Square	30,897	28.2%	9.3%	24.1%
90	Rotterdam	22,695	32.6%	11.1%	19.9%
91	Holtsville	19,344	29.3%	10.6%	23.6%
92	Farmingville	16,160	29.7%	10.9%	24.1%
93	Deer Park	27,990	29.1%	9.4%	24.1%
94	Lindenhurst	27,142	30.0%	10.8%	23.8%
95	Westbury	15,808	29.9%	8.4%	24.5%
96	Hampton Bays	15,706	30.2%	9.4%	24.7%
97	Peekskill	25,625	28.4%	10.1%	24.4%
98	North Babylon	17,963	30.1%	10.0%	23.9%
99	Great Neck	11,087	28.0%	9.6%	24.1%
100	Greenlawn	15,210	29.4%	9.0%	23.9%
101	West Babylon	43,570	30.3%	10.1%	24.2%
102	Roessleville	10,968	29.8%	11.0%	21.7%
103	Manorville	14,233	30.1%	10.7%	23.3%
104	Patchogue	12,396	31.2%	10.6%	24.5%
105	Islip	17,362	30.0%	10.6%	24.4%
106	Town of Tonawanda	56,806	31.0%	11.1%	22.3%
107	Terryville	10,794	29.4%	10.4%	24.9%
108	Chestnut Ridge	10,557	28.8%	10.7%	24.7%
109	Valley Stream	40,315	30.0%	9.1%	25.5%
110	Geneva	12,512	30.9%	12.0%	23.7%
111	West Seneca	45,303	30.9%	11.5%	22.5%
112	East Patchogue	21,673	30.1%	10.3%	24.8%
113	Selden	21,604	30.1%	11.0%	25.4%
114	Coram	39,539	30.7%	10.3%	24.6%
115	Sleepy Hollow	10,887	27.6%	10.5%	27.1%
116	Baldwin	34,994	32.5%	8.6%	24.0%
117	Lynbrook	20,325	30.2%	10.0%	24.7%
118	Lancaster	10,113	31.5%	12.7%	22.8%
119	Huntington Station	32,601	31.7%	10.1%	27.0%
120	North Lindenhurst	10,952	30.8%	11.2%	26.3%
121	Lake Ronkonkoma	18,221	30.4%	11.4%	25.4%
122	Depew	15,000	31.7%	12.8%	23.7%
123	Nanuet	19,799	28.9%	10.0%	26.3%
124	North Valley Stream	17,825	30.9%	8.4%	25.2%
125	Medford	24,796	31.1%	10.9%	25.8%
126	Port Chester	31,102	29.2%	11.2%	28.5%
127	New York	8,483,844	25.1%	11.4%	28.1%
128	Ridge	12,503	28.6%	9.5%	25.2%
129	Endwell	11,546	32.4%	11.6%	21.6%
130	Albany	100,492	32.9%	12.3%	24.7%
131	Scotchtown	10,252	32.8%	10.8%	25.3%
132	Corning	10,643	34.1%	13.0%	23.3%
133	Airmont	10,205	29.4%	12.4%	27.1%
134	Plattsburgh	19,830	32.3%	13.3%	26.7%
135	Irondequoit	50,657	31.1%	11.3%	24.8%
136	Canandaigua	10,514	31.1%	12.4%	23.5%
137	Bay Shore	31,683	32.8%	11.0%	28.4%
138	North Bellport	11,087	34.2%	11.7%	28.5%
139	Glens Falls	14,609	32.6%	14.1%	24.1%
140	Cheektowaga	76,056	32.7%	12.8%	25.3%
141	Cortland	17,450	31.8%	14.8%	26.8%
142	Roosevelt	18,885	35.9%	9.7%	28.8%
143	Yonkers	209,978	29.3%	11.9%	28.5%
144	Shirley	28,375	32.9%	13.3%	27.9%
145	Middle Island	11,027	31.8%	11.6%	26.7%
146	Mastic	15,708	33.2%	13.3%	28.9%
147	Elmont	36,518	32.9%	10.0%	28.0%
148	Glen Cove	28,112	31.5%	10.8%	28.6%
149	Copiague	23,424	33.1%	11.4%	29.1%
150	Troy	51,033	33.7%	14.5%	27.5%
151	Uniondale	33,148	33.8%	10.0%	29.9%
152	North Gates	9,904	31.2%	12.2%	26.9%
153	North Amityville	21,138	35.1%	10.1%	29.1%
154	North Bay Shore	20,282	34.2%	10.9%	33.2%
155	Freeport	44,088	35.0%	10.1%	29.8%
156	Tonawanda	15,030	33.8%	14.6%	25.7%
157	West Haverstraw	10,711	33.3%	11.4%	31.1%
158	Greece	13,943	31.4%	12.9%	27.7%
159	New Cassel	14,551	35.5%	10.8%	32.3%
160	Batavia	15,097	31.3%	14.5%	26.9%
161	North Tonawanda	30,198	39.0%	13.8%	25.4%
162	Oneida	10,171	38.3%	14.6%	24.6%
163	Central Islip	38,373	35.1%	11.6%	33.2%
164	Mastic Beach	16,735	34.8%	14.6%	29.7%
165	Kingston	23,911	33.1%	14.0%	27.3%
166	Mount Vernon	72,427	33.2%	12.8%	28.1%
167	Cohoes	18,159	34.6%	16.2%	27.0%
168	Johnson City	14,940	34.1%	14.7%	27.2%
169	Watervliet	10,287	35.7%	16.4%	27.5%
170	Oswego	17,033	36.4%	15.3%	29.3%
171	Lockport	20,610	41.0%	15.5%	27.7%
172	Watertown	24,375	39.8%	16.3%	28.7%
173	Middletown	30,289	35.9%	13.9%	32.3%
174	Poughkeepsie	31,958	34.6%	15.0%	29.3%
175	Riverhead	14,936	33.9%	13.6%	33.6%
176	Binghamton	47,151	36.6%	16.4%	29.4%
177	Schenectady	68,847	38.6%	16.9%	29.3%
178	Olean	13,738	36.8%	17.3%	29.1%
179	Amsterdam	18,166	41.2%	15.8%	31.1%
180	Inwood	12,235	37.2%	14.0%	36.7%
181	Syracuse	146,384	41.5%	16.1%	30.7%
182	Buffalo	276,854	38.4%	16.5%	32.1%
183	Newburgh	28,519	38.6%	15.2%	35.4%
184	Hempstead	58,801	38.9%	13.3%	36.1%
185	Haverstraw	12,325	36.1%	13.5%	38.5%
186	Auburn	26,285	38.2%	17.8%	31.5%
187	Endicott	13,387	38.1%	18.1%	29.8%
188	Rome	31,795	38.9%	17.9%	31.4%
189	Lackawanna	19,753	37.7%	18.4%	32.3%
190	Kiryas Joel	38,916	37.0%	26.3%	36.4%
191	Rochester	208,772	38.0%	16.6%	34.4%
192	Dunkirk	12,549	40.1%	16.3%	33.3%
193	Jamestown	28,188	39.5%	18.2%	31.8%
194	Elmira	26,257	35.2%	20.3%	32.6%
195	Fulton	11,272	39.4%	19.7%	33.1%
196	Gloversville	14,962	38.5%	19.4%	32.2%
197	Massena	10,238	44.1%	17.7%	31.1%
198	Monsey	28,160	37.2%	24.3%	37.0%
199	Spring Valley	33,192	39.1%	18.2%	38.5%
200	Niagara Falls	47,987	44.5%	17.8%	32.6%
201	Utica	64,217	39.6%	18.7%	36.3%