Youngest Cities in New York

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

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Oneonta	Otsego	23.1 years	15,045
2	Ithaca	Tompkins	23.3 years	32,814
3	Cortland	Cortland	27.4 years	17,450
4	Syracuse	Onondaga	31.8 years	146,384
5	Plattsburgh	Clinton	31.9 years	19,830
6	Albany	Albany	32 years	100,492
7	Troy	Rensselaer	32.3 years	51,033
8	Geneva	Ontario	32.6 years	12,512
9	Newburgh	Orange	33.6 years	28,519
10	Rochester	Monroe	33.7 years	208,772
11	Buffalo	Erie	34.3 years	276,854
12	Utica	Oneida	35.2 years	64,217
13	Oswego	Oswego	35.7 years	17,033
14	Watertown	Jefferson	35.7 years	24,375
15	Binghamton	Broome	35.9 years	47,151
16	Schenectady	Schenectady	36.1 years	68,847
17	Middletown	Orange	36.3 years	30,289
18	Elmira	Chemung	36.5 years	26,257
19	Glens Falls	Warren	36.9 years	14,609
20	Kingston	Ulster	37.2 years	23,911
21	Corning	Steuben	37.8 years	10,643
22	Hempstead	Nassau	38.1 years	58,801
23	Poughkeepsie	Dutchess	38.1 years	31,958
24	New York City	New York	38.2 years	8,483,844
25	Amsterdam	Montgomery	39.5 years	18,166

Top New York Counties

Counties ranked by lowest median age.

1. Tompkins County32.3 years 2. Jefferson County33.7 years 3. Rockland County34.8 years 4. Bronx County36 years 5. Kings County36.5 years 6. Cortland County37 years 7. Orange County37 years 8. Albany County38.4 years 9. Allegany County38.7 years 10. New York County38.9 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, “Youngest Cities in New York”, https://gismap.land/rankings/new-york/youngest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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