Oldest Cities in New York by Median Age

The top 25 of 51 New York cities on GIS Map, ranked by highest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Woodstock	Ulster	66.8 years	2,239
2	Rhinebeck	Dutchess	53.5 years	2,650
3	Sag Harbor	Suffolk	51.8 years	2,489
4	Canandaigua	Ontario	45.5 years	10,514
5	Montauk	Suffolk	44.7 years	4,223
6	Glen Cove	Nassau	44 years	28,112
7	Dunkirk	Chautauqua	43.7 years	12,549
8	Cooperstown	Otsego	43.5 years	2,220
9	Long Beach	Nassau	43.5 years	34,756
10	Cold Spring	Putnam	43 years	1,863
11	Batavia	Genesee	42.9 years	15,097
12	Ogdensburg	St. Lawrence	42.5 years	9,455
13	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga	42.4 years	28,631
14	New Rochelle	Westchester	42.3 years	82,769
15	Beacon	Dutchess	42 years	14,834
16	Lake Placid	Essex	42 years	2,306
17	Tarrytown	Westchester	42 years	11,784
18	White Plains	Westchester	41.5 years	60,666
19	Hudson	Columbia	41.2 years	5,865
20	Auburn	Cayuga	41.1 years	26,285
21	Niagara Falls	Niagara	40.8 years	47,987
22	Mount Vernon	Westchester	40.7 years	72,427
23	Rome	Oneida	40.7 years	31,795
24	Saranac Lake	Franklin/Essex	40.7 years	4,965
25	Yonkers	Westchester	39.9 years	209,978

Top New York Counties

Counties ranked by highest median age.

1. Hamilton County58.1 years 2. Essex County49.9 years 3. Columbia County49.8 years 4. Delaware County48.8 years 5. Schuyler County47.6 years 6. Greene County47.4 years 7. Warren County46.8 years 8. Schoharie County45.8 years 9. Washington County45.4 years 10. Chenango County45 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Oldest Cities in New York by Median Age”, https://gismap.land/rankings/new-york/oldest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Oldest Cities in New York by Median Age

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