Census ACS 2023 · 202 cities

Most Educated Cities in New York

Educational attainment is one of the strongest predictors of income and economic opportunity. In New York, Scarsdale village has the highest bachelor's degree rate at 90.7%. Cities with more educated populations tend to attract knowledge-economy employers, have higher incomes, and offer more cultural amenities. Compare education levels across all 202 major cities in New York.

Source: Census ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates

#	City	Bachelor's+	Median Income	Population
1	Yonkers city	35.2%	$81,816	209,529
2	Woodmere Cdp	66.7%	$174,942	18,198
3	Woodbury village	46.2%	$141,607	11,437
4	White Plains city	53.3%	$115,586	59,818
5	Westbury village	45.5%	$136,917	15,789
6	West Seneca Cdp	33.2%	$75,465	45,329
7	West Islip Cdp	50.1%	$171,045	26,559
8	West Hempstead Cdp	49.8%	$160,280	20,762
9	West Haverstraw village	27.5%	$86,167	10,663
10	West Babylon Cdp	32.2%	$127,785	43,239
11	Watervliet city	18.8%	$55,897	10,285
12	Watertown city	25.9%	$49,692	24,574
13	Wantagh Cdp	52.1%	$174,773	17,964
14	Valley Stream village	38.2%	$127,426	40,278
15	Utica city	21.7%	$51,513	64,440
16	Uniondale Cdp	26.5%	$115,037	33,637
17	Troy city	36.8%	$57,688	51,054
18	Tonawanda Town Cdp	38.5%	$76,644	56,973
19	Tonawanda city	26.0%	$61,619	15,044
20	Terryville Cdp	28.2%	$112,262	10,962
21	Tarrytown village	62.4%	$109,732	11,752
22	Syracuse city	30.5%	$45,845	146,211
23	Syosset Cdp	70.1%	$187,936	18,274
24	Suffern village	43.7%	$100,737	11,395
25	Stony Point Cdp	37.3%	$122,828	12,694
26	Stony Brook Cdp	68.1%	$162,054	12,827
27	St. James Cdp	49.1%	$130,556	13,680
28	Spring Valley village	16.9%	$56,151	32,995
29	South Huntington Cdp	54.1%	$151,078	10,150
30	South Farmingdale Cdp	40.2%	$162,527	14,953
31	Smithtown Cdp	50.2%	$148,852	24,940
32	Sleepy Hollow village	41.4%	$101,652	10,592
33	Shirley Cdp	16.9%	$105,379	27,807
34	Selden Cdp	28.5%	$111,339	21,707
35	Seaford Cdp	43.6%	$156,488	15,884
36	Scotchtown Cdp	32.8%	$92,889	10,544
37	Schenectady city	23.6%	$56,398	68,521
38	Scarsdale village	90.7%	$250,001	18,005
39	Sayville Cdp	54.0%	$145,278	15,593
40	Saratoga Springs city	58.8%	$100,485	28,542
41	Salisbury Cdp	45.7%	$173,808	13,388
42	Rye city	80.5%	$237,727	16,410
43	Rotterdam Cdp	30.7%	$81,830	22,798
44	Roosevelt Cdp	27.2%	$135,158	19,636
45	Ronkonkoma Cdp	34.5%	$125,534	18,368
46	Rome city	21.4%	$58,857	31,795
47	Roessleville Cdp	35.8%	$87,022	11,327
48	Rocky Point Cdp	39.7%	$124,615	13,931
49	Rockville Centre village	62.9%	$144,516	25,770
50	Rochester city	29.9%	$46,628	209,720
51	Riverhead Cdp	18.0%	$83,521	15,073
52	Ridge Cdp	32.0%	$88,266	12,506
53	Poughkeepsie city	31.5%	$60,050	31,778
54	Port Washington Cdp	70.1%	$183,964	17,613
55	Port Chester village	34.5%	$99,916	31,162
56	Plattsburgh city	38.9%	$53,962	19,878
57	Plainview Cdp	68.7%	$185,531	26,251
58	Peekskill city	37.9%	$91,042	25,484
59	Pearl River Cdp	49.3%	$146,574	16,282
60	Patchogue village	35.3%	$104,423	12,368
61	Oswego city	28.5%	$53,286	17,028
62	Ossining village	40.3%	$100,997	26,979
63	Oneonta city	47.6%	$65,031	14,467
64	Oneida city	25.4%	$60,380	10,240
65	Olean city	29.1%	$47,553	13,798
66	Oceanside Cdp	47.9%	$145,282	31,907
67	North Wantagh Cdp	48.5%	$164,798	11,716
68	North Valley Stream Cdp	40.4%	$145,204	17,756
69	North Tonawanda city	26.6%	$66,774	30,338
70	North New Hyde Park Cdp	59.0%	$164,340	14,354
71	North Merrick Cdp	52.3%	$156,023	12,544
72	North Massapequa Cdp	47.1%	$142,274	18,037
73	North Lindenhurst Cdp	25.4%	$125,369	11,153
74	North Gates Cdp	26.8%	$75,257	10,014
75	North Bellport Cdp	22.1%	$99,551	10,999
76	North Bellmore Cdp	51.8%	$183,250	20,776
77	North Bay Shore Cdp	13.4%	$117,893	20,501
78	North Babylon Cdp	33.9%	$130,293	18,208
79	North Amityville Cdp	28.0%	$125,991	20,364
80	Niskayuna Cdp	65.7%	$128,346	20,774
81	Niagara Falls city	22.8%	$48,535	48,198
82	Newburgh city	17.8%	$51,006	28,649
83	New York city	41.0%	$79,713	8,516,202
84	New Rochelle city	49.1%	$103,813	81,591
85	New Hyde Park village	50.1%	$146,571	10,208
86	New City Cdp	59.0%	$174,479	34,133
87	New Cassel Cdp	20.7%	$143,196	14,414
88	Nesconset Cdp	50.0%	$148,291	13,344
89	Nanuet Cdp	42.8%	$113,582	20,089
90	Myers Corner Cdp	40.5%	$109,133	10,786
91	Mount Vernon city	35.0%	$77,171	72,528
92	Mount Sinai Cdp	53.0%	$170,188	11,876
93	Mount Kisco village	51.7%	$93,057	10,782
94	Monsey Cdp	14.2%	$49,095	27,787
95	Mineola village	55.0%	$138,385	21,082
96	Miller Place Cdp	48.0%	$141,938	11,743
97	Middletown city	19.8%	$77,174	30,227
98	Middle Island Cdp	31.9%	$89,702	11,086
99	Merrick Cdp	61.6%	$179,415	21,816
100	Melville Cdp	62.4%	$155,675	19,187
101	Medford Cdp	30.7%	$128,631	25,681
102	Mastic Cdp	17.6%	$106,491	15,031
103	Mastic Beach Cdp	21.5%	$109,381	16,382
104	Massena village	24.3%	$48,810	10,234
105	Massapequa Park village	53.7%	$170,470	16,985
106	Massapequa Cdp	51.6%	$179,844	21,822
107	Manorville Cdp	35.7%	$135,695	12,737
108	Mamaroneck village	55.3%	$125,459	19,840
109	Lynbrook village	43.9%	$138,866	20,251
110	Loudonville Cdp	58.2%	$131,806	10,274
111	Long Beach city	51.7%	$130,795	34,741
112	Lockport city	24.4%	$59,153	20,699
113	Lindenhurst village	31.4%	$129,033	27,106
114	Levittown Cdp	37.6%	$139,696	51,557
115	Latham Cdp	44.7%	$101,580	14,327
116	Lancaster village	25.2%	$63,902	10,127
117	Lake Ronkonkoma Cdp	31.9%	$102,608	18,289
118	Lake Grove village	46.7%	$119,558	11,050
119	Lackawanna city	20.0%	$48,185	19,779
120	Kiryas Joel village	6.1%	$43,171	36,572
121	Kingston city	31.6%	$65,413	23,942
122	Kings Park Cdp	44.2%	$118,723	16,249
123	Kenmore village	45.7%	$75,768	15,097
124	Johnson City village	29.3%	$51,667	15,130
125	Jericho Cdp	68.7%	$180,072	14,117
126	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown Cdp	53.4%	$152,948	14,195
127	Jamestown city	23.2%	$44,878	28,401
128	Ithaca city	70.2%	$48,617	31,792
129	Islip Cdp	35.0%	$122,596	17,224
130	Irondequoit Cdp	40.8%	$76,871	50,438
131	Inwood Cdp	24.3%	$79,500	11,964
132	Huntington Station Cdp	39.0%	$129,121	33,283
133	Huntington Cdp	67.8%	$162,066	20,117
134	Holtsville Cdp	34.1%	$130,851	19,250
135	Holbrook Cdp	33.4%	$139,116	26,256
136	Hicksville Cdp	44.9%	$148,008	43,868
137	Hempstead village	20.5%	$82,454	58,569
138	Haverstraw village	24.3%	$67,447	12,273
139	Hauppauge Cdp	48.9%	$145,987	20,772
140	Harrison village	60.2%	$153,273	29,279
141	Hampton Bays Cdp	42.6%	$129,080	17,138
142	Greenlawn Cdp	48.0%	$161,442	14,986
143	Greece Cdp	28.3%	$67,223	14,053
144	Great Neck village	58.4%	$137,095	11,068
145	Gloversville city	16.4%	$49,155	15,010
146	Glens Falls city	33.2%	$70,089	14,678
147	Glen Cove city	40.0%	$91,355	28,101
148	Geneva city	34.1%	$68,242	12,573
149	Garden City village	75.2%	$228,807	22,866
150	Fulton city	15.8%	$52,123	11,339
151	Freeport village	27.2%	$118,755	44,102
152	Franklin Square Cdp	38.0%	$140,051	30,559
153	Fort Salonga Cdp	59.6%	$182,165	10,203
154	Fort Drum Cdp	37.2%	$63,194	16,124
155	Floral Park village	60.8%	$150,350	16,025
156	Farmingville Cdp	29.9%	$129,920	16,605
157	Endwell Cdp	42.7%	$72,742	11,821
158	Endicott village	20.9%	$46,685	13,456
159	Elwood Cdp	52.2%	$170,987	11,140
160	Elmont Cdp	33.0%	$120,917	36,436
161	Elmira city	18.7%	$43,089	26,349
162	Eggertsville Cdp	50.8%	$82,359	15,416
163	Eastchester Cdp	68.9%	$158,526	20,519
164	East Setauket Cdp	60.5%	$149,820	10,385
165	East Rockaway village	46.9%	$112,415	10,064
166	East Patchogue Cdp	35.1%	$107,721	21,364
167	East Northport Cdp	50.4%	$153,380	19,672
168	East Meadow Cdp	44.2%	$128,770	35,806
169	East Massapequa Cdp	46.9%	$145,875	20,142
170	East Islip Cdp	38.3%	$146,890	13,687
171	East Glenville Cdp	46.0%	$86,023	11,399
172	Dunkirk city	15.4%	$49,003	12,597
173	Dobbs Ferry village	67.4%	$167,927	11,397
174	Dix Hills Cdp	64.5%	$219,636	25,042
175	Depew village	24.4%	$75,226	15,065
176	Deer Park Cdp	37.1%	$138,950	27,334
177	De Witt Cdp	63.2%	$120,539	10,815
178	Cortland city	26.1%	$55,368	17,465
179	Corning city	41.8%	$61,017	10,666
180	Coram Cdp	37.0%	$107,159	41,527
181	Copiague Cdp	25.9%	$121,098	23,332
182	Commack Cdp	59.5%	$170,375	36,353
183	Cohoes city	25.7%	$62,111	18,043
184	Chestnut Ridge village	40.0%	$113,750	10,464
185	Cheektowaga Cdp	28.2%	$66,293	76,251
186	Central Islip Cdp	18.4%	$110,166	37,751
187	Centereach Cdp	34.7%	$127,106	31,501
188	Canandaigua city	39.1%	$63,268	10,542
189	Buffalo city	30.3%	$48,050	276,397
190	Brighton Cdp	69.6%	$83,723	36,633
191	Binghamton city	30.8%	$44,331	47,357
192	Bethpage Cdp	43.8%	$132,832	17,334
193	Bellmore Cdp	56.8%	$159,158	15,652
194	Beacon city	44.8%	$93,347	14,629
195	Bay Shore Cdp	29.7%	$101,695	31,275
196	Batavia city	21.9%	$57,150	15,494
197	Baldwin Cdp	42.9%	$139,840	33,595
198	Babylon village	52.8%	$143,856	12,182
199	Auburn city	20.3%	$49,377	26,475
200	Amsterdam city	19.7%	$50,193	18,162
201	Albany city	44.8%	$59,485	100,081
202	Airmont village	33.8%	$101,868	10,082

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Frequently Asked Questions

Scarsdale village is the #1 ranked city in New York by bachelor's degree rate, with a value of 90.7% according to Census ACS 2023 data.

New York has 202 cities with 10,000+ population tracked in Census ACS 2023 data.

All data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year estimates by the US Census Bureau.

Sources: US Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates

Data from the American Community Survey 2023 5-Year estimates. Covers cities with populations of 10,000 or more in New York.