Comeback TownsNY

Ranking

Most affordable towns

Every scored town by median home value (ACS 5-year), lowest first, with its price as a share of the metro median. Cheap is not the same as ready: the grade beside each row says whether the ingredients are there. Figures as published 2026-11-02.

Highest readinessStrongest momentumBest price headroomBest value within an hour of a cityTowns near a train to New York CityDowntown Revitalization Initiative and NY Forward winners

#TownRegionBandGradeMedian home valueReadinessMomentumNote
1 St. Johnsville Montgomery Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,711) D $80,500 41.2 ▲ RISING 62 51% of metro median
2 Fort Plain Montgomery Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (2,002) B $80,900 53.9 ▶ STEADY 56 51% of metro median
3 Whitehall Washington Capital Region under 5,000 (2,482) C $102,000 50.8 ▶ STEADY 51 52% of metro median
4 Little Falls Herkimer Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (4,527) A $105,700 63.2 ▶ STEADY 53 61% of metro median
5 Gloversville Fulton Mohawk Valley 5,000 and over (14,894) B $106,400 67.6 ▶ STEADY 60 65% of metro median
6 Ilion Herkimer Mohawk Valley 5,000 and over (7,559) D $108,700 48.6 ▶ STEADY 53 63% of metro median
7 Unadilla Otsego Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,086) D $110,800 41.6 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 62% of metro median
8 Dolgeville Herkimer Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (2,015) B $115,200 58.2 ▶ STEADY 50 67% of metro median
9 Mohawk Herkimer Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (2,376) D $124,600 47.0 ▶ STEADY 59 72% of metro median
10 Canajoharie Montgomery Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (2,064) C $125,800 53.8 ▲ RISING 62 80% of metro median
11 Frankfort Herkimer Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (2,292) B $128,200 54.7 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 74% of metro median
12 Richfield Springs Otsego Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,090) D $132,400 46.9 ▶ STEADY 46 74% of metro median
13 Herkimer Herkimer Mohawk Valley 5,000 and over (7,254) C $133,200 61.5 ▶ STEADY 53 77% of metro median
14 Amsterdam Montgomery Mohawk Valley 5,000 and over (18,169) C $137,900 61.3 ▶ STEADY 45 88% of metro median
15 Green Island Albany Capital Region under 5,000 (2,971) D $138,300 48.0 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 48% of metro median
16 Granville Washington Capital Region under 5,000 (2,420) F $143,100 38.4 ▶ STEADY 55 73% of metro median
17 Rome Oneida Mohawk Valley 5,000 and over (31,990) C $154,400 59.5 ▶ STEADY 54 89% of metro median
18 Hoosick Falls Rensselaer Capital Region under 5,000 (3,190) C $154,600 52.4 ▶ STEADY 56 54% of metro median
19 Yorkville Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (2,592) D $156,300 46.9 ▶ STEADY 50 90% of metro median
20 Waterford Saratoga Capital Region under 5,000 (2,020) B $157,500 59.1 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 55% of metro median
21 Johnstown Fulton Mohawk Valley 5,000 and over (8,027) D $157,800 48.8 ▶ STEADY 46 97% of metro median
22 Whitesboro Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (3,596) D $160,700 42.9 ▶ STEADY 43 93% of metro median
23 Broadalbin Fulton Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,334) D $164,300 42.6 ▲ RISING 79 101% of metro median
24 Hudson Falls Washington Capital Region 5,000 and over (7,359) F $165,200 44.2 ▶ STEADY 42 71% of metro median
25 Oriskany Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,349) F $170,100 34.4 ▲ RISING 63 98% of metro median
26 Waterville Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,512) C $170,100 49.8 ▶ STEADY 50 98% of metro median
27 Monticello Sullivan Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (7,228) F $172,000 44.8 ▶ STEADY 53 69% of metro median
28 Fort Edward Washington Capital Region under 5,000 (3,138) C $176,100 52.1 ▶ STEADY 59 76% of metro median
29 Camden Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (2,149) F $177,600 31.5 ▶ STEADY 41 103% of metro median
30 Boonville Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (2,005) C $177,700 53.3 ▶ STEADY 43 103% of metro median
31 Watervliet Albany Capital Region 5,000 and over (10,268) A $179,700 75.4 ▼ FADING 36 63% of metro median
32 Liberty Sullivan Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (5,136) C $181,900 53.3 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 73% of metro median
33 Oneonta Otsego Mohawk Valley 5,000 and over (15,679) F $184,100 39.3 ▶ STEADY 52 103% of metro median
34 Vernon Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,158) F $184,300 39.3 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 101% of metro median
35 Mechanicville Saratoga Capital Region 5,000 and over (5,083) D $186,500 49.1 ▶ STEADY 56 65% of metro median
36 Corinth Saratoga Capital Region under 5,000 (2,638) F $188,100 36.2 ▶ STEADY 58 66% of metro median
37 Scotia Schenectady Capital Region 5,000 and over (7,321) A $189,900 71.9 ▶ STEADY 56 66% of metro median
38 Cobleskill Schoharie Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (4,533) F $193,300 37.1 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 68% of metro median
39 Middleburgh Schoharie Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,161) F $193,500 37.1 ▶ STEADY 57 68% of metro median
40 Cambridge Washington Capital Region under 5,000 (1,801) D $193,800 47.3 ▶ STEADY 52 99% of metro median
41 Hagaman Montgomery Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,118) F $203,800 31.8 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 129% of metro median
42 New York Mills Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (3,197) F $207,700 40.5 ▼ FADING 31 120% of metro median
43 Rensselaer Rensselaer Capital Region 5,000 and over (9,453) A $208,900 72.1 ▶ STEADY 54 73% of metro median
44 Ravena Albany Capital Region under 5,000 (3,246) F $209,100 37.2 ▶ STEADY 44 73% of metro median
45 Greenwich Washington Capital Region under 5,000 (1,669) B $209,500 57.9 ▲ RISING 62 107% of metro median
46 Glens Falls Warren Capital Region 5,000 and over (14,455) C $212,200 57.4 ▶ STEADY 49 91% of metro median
47 South Glens Falls Saratoga Capital Region under 5,000 (3,723) D $212,700 41.1 ▲ RISING 62 74% of metro median
48 Schuylerville Saratoga Capital Region under 5,000 (1,354) A $215,900 72.4 ▶ STEADY 49 76% of metro median
49 Ellenville Ulster Hudson Valley under 5,000 (4,180) B $218,200 60.0 ▶ STEADY 56 62% of metro median
50 Castleton-on-Hudson Rensselaer Capital Region under 5,000 (1,471) D $222,600 43.2 ▶ STEADY 57 78% of metro median
51 Cohoes Albany Capital Region 5,000 and over (18,530) B $223,400 68.5 ▼ FADING 32 78% of metro median
52 New Hartford Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,866) F $224,400 39.7 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 130% of metro median
53 Philmont Columbia Capital Region under 5,000 (1,483) D $225,000 47.7 ▼ FADING 21 65% of metro median
54 Sherrill Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (2,997) F $227,500 27.8 ▶ STEADY 46 132% of metro median
55 Wurtsboro Sullivan Hudson Valley under 5,000 (1,086) D $234,700 46.9 ▼ FADING 36 94% of metro median
56 Port Jervis Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (8,566) A $236,700 74.3 ▼ FADING 29 60% of metro median
57 Nassau Rensselaer Capital Region under 5,000 (1,091) C $239,200 50.3 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 84% of metro median
58 Catskill Greene Capital Region under 5,000 (3,723) A $242,500 74.4 ▶ STEADY 44 89% of metro median
59 Newburgh Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (28,181) C $247,900 63.5 ▼ FADING 37 63% of metro median
60 Maybrook Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (3,141) C $257,500 48.2 ▼ FADING 28 65% of metro median
61 Harriman Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,607) C $270,000 49.0 ▼ FADING 34 69% of metro median
62 Menands Albany Capital Region under 5,000 (4,501) C $271,300 49.3 ▼ FADING 39 95% of metro median
63 Stillwater Saratoga Capital Region under 5,000 (1,759) F $271,900 36.8 ▲ RISING 62 95% of metro median
64 Poughkeepsie Dutchess Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (32,293) A $283,700 73.0 ▲ RISING 80 72% of metro median
65 Colonie Albany Capital Region 5,000 and over (7,691) B $285,400 65.0 ▶ STEADY 45 100% of metro median
66 Coxsackie Greene Capital Region under 5,000 (2,686) C $300,300 48.0 ▶ STEADY 49 111% of metro median
67 Lake George Warren Capital Region under 5,000 (1,007) B $301,900 59.3 ▲ RISING 71 113% of metro median
68 Ballston Spa Saratoga Capital Region under 5,000 (4,930) C $308,200 50.5 ▶ STEADY 47 108% of metro median
69 Middletown Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (30,188) B $308,600 70.6 ▶ STEADY 41 78% of metro median
70 Clinton Oneida Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,639) A $310,100 69.1 ▼ FADING 33 179% of metro median
71 Fishkill Dutchess Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,146) A $311,000 63.8 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 79% of metro median
72 Kingston Ulster Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (23,748) A $315,500 75.7 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 90% of metro median
73 Altamont Albany Capital Region under 5,000 (1,651) D $318,900 47.2 ▶ STEADY 48 112% of metro median
74 Chatham Columbia Capital Region under 5,000 (1,547) F $323,100 35.6 ▼ FADING 30 93% of metro median
75 Voorheesville Albany Capital Region under 5,000 (2,846) F $324,700 34.8 ▶ STEADY 47 114% of metro median
76 Valatie Columbia Capital Region under 5,000 (1,709) F $325,100 32.1 ▶ STEADY 49 94% of metro median
77 Athens Greene Capital Region under 5,000 (1,577) D $325,600 46.7 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 120% of metro median
78 Chester Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (4,008) B $330,200 57.1 ▼ FADING 32 84% of metro median
79 Walden Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (6,909) F $333,500 44.0 ▼ FADING 29 85% of metro median
80 Wappingers Falls Dutchess Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (6,070) C $337,200 63.4 ▶ STEADY 50 86% of metro median
81 Greenwood Lake Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,987) D $340,100 46.5 ▶ STEADY 46 86% of metro median
82 Highland Falls Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (3,648) A $353,900 69.1 ▼ FADING 22 91% of metro median
83 Tivoli Dutchess Hudson Valley under 5,000 (1,019) A $354,300 65.8 ▶ STEADY 46 90% of metro median
84 Washingtonville Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (5,650) D $355,700 47.4 ▼ FADING 40 90% of metro median
85 Haverstraw Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (12,445) B $361,100 65.4 ▶ STEADY 50 59% of metro median
86 Montgomery Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (3,781) A $361,300 66.6 ▼ FADING 37 92% of metro median
87 Florida Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,868) D $361,800 44.7 ▼ FADING 37 92% of metro median
88 Kinderhook Columbia Capital Region under 5,000 (1,148) B $372,400 54.0 ▶ STEADY 42 107% of metro median
89 Saugerties Ulster Hudson Valley under 5,000 (3,874) C $374,100 49.9 ▲ RISING 74 106% of metro median
90 West Haverstraw Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (10,804) B $377,200 65.4 ▶ STEADY 41 61% of metro median
91 Red Hook Dutchess Hudson Valley under 5,000 (1,956) C $378,200 53.8 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 96% of metro median
92 Pawling Dutchess Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,070) D $378,600 42.1 ▲ RISING 87 96% of metro median
93 Cooperstown Otsego Mohawk Valley under 5,000 (1,844) C $380,900 50.8 ▲ RISING 74 213% of metro median
94 Spring Valley Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (33,637) D $381,800 47.7 ▶ STEADY 42 62% of metro median
95 Suffern Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (11,537) C $382,100 52.1 ▼ FADING 36 62% of metro median
96 Hudson Columbia Capital Region 5,000 and over (5,735) B $389,900 66.9 ▼ FADING 35 112% of metro median
97 Peekskill Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (25,757) B $395,600 68.9 ▼ FADING 35 64% of metro median
98 Goshen Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (5,760) B $396,300 65.4 ▶ STEADY 46 101% of metro median
99 Brewster Putnam Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,504) C $398,200 50.0 ▶ STEADY 45 65% of metro median
100 New Paltz Ulster Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (8,646) F $414,500 43.3 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 118% of metro median
101 Monroe Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (9,502) D $427,800 48.1 ▼ FADING 27 109% of metro median
102 Sloatsburg Rockland Hudson Valley under 5,000 (3,071) C $430,800 53.4 ▼ FADING 38 70% of metro median
103 Warwick Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (6,546) D $438,100 47.4 ▶ STEADY 50 111% of metro median
104 Ossining Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (26,895) A $449,100 72.6 ▶ STEADY 52 73% of metro median
105 Woodbury Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (11,523) D $452,200 48.4 ▶ STEADY 51 115% of metro median
106 Cornwall-on-Hudson Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (3,006) B $471,200 59.9 ▼ FADING 39 120% of metro median
107 Beacon Dutchess Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (15,292) F $471,600 44.7 ▶ STEADY 52 120% of metro median
108 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Capital Region 5,000 and over (28,741) D $478,100 45.2 ▲ RISING 74 167% of metro median
109 Mount Kisco Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (10,698) D $478,300 50.3 ▶ STEADY 53 78% of metro median
110 Millbrook Dutchess Hudson Valley under 5,000 (1,445) F $485,200 39.7 ▶ STEADY 51 123% of metro median
111 Rhinebeck Dutchess Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,586) B $492,600 54.7 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 125% of metro median
112 South Blooming Grove Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (3,828) F $509,900 29.5 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 130% of metro median
113 Buchanan Westchester Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,240) D $525,500 47.8 ▼ FADING 37 86% of metro median
114 Tuxedo Orange Hudson Valley under 5,000 (3,123) C $577,100 49.2 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 149% of metro median
115 Port Chester Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (30,957) D $582,600 45.9 ▶ STEADY 41 95% of metro median
116 Cold Spring Putnam Hudson Valley under 5,000 (1,995) B $600,100 61.3 ▶ STEADY 49 98% of metro median
117 Tuckahoe Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (6,984) C $621,300 54.0 ▶ STEADY 40 101% of metro median
118 Nyack Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (7,369) C $628,200 57.3 ▶ STEADY 48 102% of metro median
119 Elmsford Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (5,168) D $641,700 46.8 ▶ STEADY 41 104% of metro median
120 Piermont Rockland Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,547) C $652,900 48.3 ▶ STEADY 57 106% of metro median
121 New Square Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (9,973) F $662,400 39.9 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 108% of metro median
122 Tarrytown Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (11,829) F $685,300 43.6 ▶ STEADY 50 112% of metro median
123 Airmont Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (10,380) F $710,700 38.8 ▶ STEADY 43 116% of metro median
124 Croton-on-Hudson Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (8,232) C $712,900 54.1 ▶ STEADY 55 116% of metro median
125 Mamaroneck Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (19,783) C $717,200 56.6 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 117% of metro median
126 Upper Nyack Rockland Hudson Valley under 5,000 (2,034) C $719,000 49.1 ▶ STEADY 46 117% of metro median
127 Chestnut Ridge Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (10,746) F $720,100 35.6 ▶ STEADY 44 117% of metro median
128 Sleepy Hollow Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (11,427) C $746,800 61.0 ▶ STEADY 56 122% of metro median
129 Kiryas Joel Orange Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (43,863) F $758,800 27.1 ▶ STEADY 41 193% of metro median
130 Dobbs Ferry Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (11,513) C $765,500 54.9 ▲ RISING 67 125% of metro median
131 Pomona Rockland Hudson Valley under 5,000 (3,961) F $767,600 35.7 ▶ STEADY 42 125% of metro median
132 New Hempstead Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (5,515) F $816,600 36.3 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 133% of metro median
133 Pleasantville Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (7,351) D $824,200 45.1 ▼ FADING 37 134% of metro median
134 Ardsley Westchester Hudson Valley under 5,000 (4,974) D $829,900 42.5 ▶ STEADY 54 135% of metro median
135 Montebello Rockland Hudson Valley under 5,000 (4,723) F $847,100 36.4 ▶ STEADY 45 138% of metro median
136 Hastings-on-Hudson Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (8,407) F $865,200 44.0 ▼ FADING 31 141% of metro median
137 Irvington Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (6,502) D $868,100 50.3 ▶ STEADY 57 141% of metro median
138 Kaser Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (5,970) F $877,000 37.5 ▼ FADING 39 143% of metro median
139 Briarcliff Manor Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (7,440) D $880,300 46.4 ▶ STEADY 53 143% of metro median
140 Wesley Hills Rockland Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (6,310) F $909,800 36.5 ▶ STEADY 46 148% of metro median
141 Pelham Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (7,579) C $915,800 54.1 ▲ RISING 63 149% of metro median
142 Harrison Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (31,321) F $1,010,700 40.4 ▼ FADING 32 165% of metro median
143 Rye Brook Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (9,900) F $1,016,100 39.8 ▶ STEADY 55 165% of metro median
144 Pelham Manor Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (5,613) D $1,093,300 45.8 ▼ FADING 31 178% of metro median
145 Bronxville Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (6,479) B $1,095,100 69.6 ▼ FADING 20 178% of metro median
146 Larchmont Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (6,640) C $1,635,500 59.9 ▲ RISING 68 266% of metro median
147 Scarsdale Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (18,036) C $1,800,700 53.9 NO LABEL · 2 OF 4 272% of metro median
148 Rye Westchester Hudson Valley 5,000 and over (16,463) D $1,819,900 50.0 ▼ FADING 38 296% of metro median

148 of 148 towns qualify. How the scores work.