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Ranked · Buying a home · New York

Best cities for buying a home in New York

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Jamestown, NY28k residents

    66/100

    median home price: $87,700 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: +2.9%

  2. 2.Irondequoit, NY51k residents

    63/100

    median home price: $182,500 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: —

  3. 3.Cheektowaga, NY76k residents

    62/100

    median home price: $185,500 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: —

  4. 4.Tonawanda Town, NY57k residents

    62/100

    median home price: $215,200 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: —

  5. 5.Deer Park, NY28k residents

    62/100

    median home price: $543,500 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: -0.4%

  6. 6.Rochester, NY209k residents

    61/100

    median home price: $139,600 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: +4.1%

  7. 7.Binghamton, NY47k residents

    61/100

    median home price: $124,800 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: +4.7%

  8. 8.West Seneca, NY45k residents

    61/100

    median home price: $232,800 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: —

  9. 9.Syracuse, NY146k residents

    60/100

    median home price: $138,400 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: +5.4%

  10. 10.West Babylon, NY44k residents

    60/100

    median home price: $531,900 · property tax rate: 1.6% · home price yoy: -0.4%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in New York?
Jamestown, NY ranks first with a fit score of 66/100, followed by Irondequoit (63) and Cheektowaga (62), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.