There are a number of party hot spots in New York.
For example, Plattsburgh, New York has been called one of the biggest party towns in the nation. And you can see why. It has many college kids, a very young population, and frankly, there’s a huge bar scene.
But is it the best city to score in? The purpose of this post is to use Saturday Night Science and data to determine which places are the easiest you could go in New York if you wanted to hook up with someone.
After analyzing 181 of the state’s most populous areas (over 10,000 people), we came up with this list as the ten easiest places to get laid in the state of New York.
Don’t freak out.
Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table
The 10 Easiest Places To Get Laid In New York
You might be thinking, “Poughkeepsie?!” Why haven’t I gone there before?
Well if you live in Poughkeepsie, you’re probably already aware of the pure excitement level, based on the criteria we list below. And if you’re not already regularly hooking up there. Well, then there’s nothing we can do about that.
Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and see how the places in New York near you fared. We’ve got the complete list of the most populous cities below so you know where to go and where to avoid on your next road trip.
The hardest place to get lucky in New York, according to science? That would be Mount Sinai. More on that later.
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The 10 Easiest Places To Get Laid In New York For 2024
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Get Laid Score: 80.5
Rank Last Year: 2 (Up 1)
Population: 31,717
Bars: 1
Colleges: 4
More on Poughkeepsie: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Get Laid Score: 80.0
Rank Last Year: 3 (Up 1)
Population: 19,907
Bars: 2
Colleges: 4
More on Plattsburgh: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Get Laid Score: 79.6
Rank Last Year: 1 (Down 2)
Population: 99,692
Bars: 24
Colleges: 10
More on Albany: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Get Laid Score: 77.6
Rank Last Year: 5 (Up 1)
Population: 14,097
Bars: 1
Colleges: 3
More on Oneonta: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Get Laid Score: 76.4
Rank Last Year: 4 (Down 1)
Population: 11,376
Bars: 6
Colleges: 2
More on Suffern: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Get Laid Score: 74.1
Rank Last Year: 6 (No Change)
Population: 8,622,467
Bars: 234
Colleges: 49
More on New York: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Get Laid Score: 73.3
Rank Last Year: 14 (Up 7)
Population: 25,401
Bars: 2
Colleges: 1
More on Peekskill: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Get Laid Score: 73.2
Rank Last Year: 13 (Up 5)
Population: 12,343
Bars: 1
Colleges: 1
More on Patchogue: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Get Laid Score: 73.2
Rank Last Year: 8 (No Change)
Population: 210,992
Bars: 24
Colleges: 12
More on Rochester: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Get Laid Score: 72.8
Rank Last Year: 15 (Up 5)
Population: 31,359
Bars: 6
Colleges: 2
More on Ithaca: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Methodology: How we crunched the numbers for getting laid in the Empire State
We know we are answering a bar topic with this one, but that’s exactly why we use Saturday Night Science.
To rank the chances where you’re most likely to get laid in New York, we had to determine what criteria help people hook up. It isn’t a stretch to assume that people will get frisky with plenty of young singles, areas where people aren’t married and have kids, and areas with lots of adult things to do.
With that in mind, we used the most recent 2018-2022 American Community Survey Census data produced for the state of New York. And we paired it up with data from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 and colleges from IPEDS.
Can’t really get any better data than that.
We paid particular attention to:
- Population density
- % of population that’s female (More females than males)
- % of unmarried people in each city
- % of households with kids in each city
- Colleges per capita
- Bars per capita
We then gave each city a “Chance To Get Laid Score.”
The higher the score, the better the city is for getting lucky. We also limited our results to cities with over 10,000 people. For New York, that meant a total of 181 cities.
This article is based on facts and is meant as infotainment. We updated this article for 2024, and it’s our tenth time ranking the easiest cities to get laid in New York.
There You Have It – The Best Cities for Getting Some in New York for 2024
If you’re looking at cities in New York where it’s easy to get laid because the population is young, single and ready to party, this is an accurate list.
The best cities to get laid in New York are Poughkeepsie, Plattsburgh, Albany, Oneonta, Suffern, New York, Peekskill, Patchogue, Rochester, and Ithaca.
Who ever said science is a bore?
If you’re also curious enough, here are the hardest places to get laid in New York, according to science:
- Mount Sinai
- Chestnut Ridge
- Dix Hills
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Detailed List Of The Best Cities For Getting Laid In New York For 2024
| Rank | City | Population | Median Income | Bars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poughkeepsie, NY | 31,717 | $53,875 | 1 |
| 2 | Plattsburgh, NY | 19,907 | $55,049 | 2 |
| 3 | Albany, NY | 99,692 | $54,736 | 24 |
| 4 | Oneonta, NY | 14,097 | $62,188 | 1 |
| 5 | Suffern, NY | 11,376 | $94,688 | 6 |
| 6 | New York, NY | 8,622,467 | $76,607 | 234 |
| 7 | Peekskill, NY | 25,401 | $86,695 | 2 |
| 8 | Patchogue, NY | 12,343 | $99,271 | 1 |
| 9 | Rochester, NY | 210,992 | $44,156 | 24 |
| 10 | Ithaca, NY | 31,359 | $45,468 | 6 |
| 11 | Syracuse, NY | 146,134 | $43,584 | 19 |
| 12 | Troy, NY | 51,268 | $54,837 | 44 |
| 13 | Canandaigua, NY | 10,562 | $59,144 | 2 |
| 14 | Cortland, NY | 17,574 | $55,042 | 2 |
| 15 | Binghamton, NY | 47,617 | $42,031 | 3 |
| 16 | Corning, NY | 10,685 | $59,453 | 3 |
| 17 | Buffalo, NY | 276,688 | $46,184 | 28 |
| 18 | Geneva, NY | 12,670 | $63,602 | 2 |
| 19 | Newburgh, NY | 28,751 | $48,555 | 1 |
| 20 | Schenectady, NY | 68,476 | $54,650 | 5 |
| 21 | Yonkers, NY | 209,780 | $78,208 | 3 |
| 22 | Mount Vernon, NY | 72,817 | $75,511 | 1 |
| 23 | Glen Cove, NY | 28,132 | $91,372 | 3 |
| 24 | New Rochelle, NY | 80,828 | $100,542 | 1 |
| 25 | Saratoga Springs, NY | 28,505 | $97,241 | 7 |
| 26 | Long Beach, NY | 34,734 | $125,974 | 1 |
| 27 | Hempstead, NY | 58,557 | $80,350 | 1 |
| 28 | Elmira, NY | 26,494 | $41,073 | 1 |
| 29 | Mineola, NY | 20,940 | $130,111 | 1 |
| 30 | Jamestown, NY | 28,679 | $39,507 | 4 |
| 31 | Batavia, NY | 15,510 | $54,937 | 1 |
| 32 | Ossining, NY | 27,076 | $99,678 | 2 |
| 33 | Auburn, NY | 26,674 | $48,203 | 2 |
| 34 | Rockville Centre, NY | 25,784 | $147,361 | 1 |
| 35 | Spring Valley, NY | 32,963 | $50,749 | 2 |
| 36 | Kenmore, NY | 15,155 | $74,571 | 1 |
| 37 | Watervliet, NY | 10,325 | $51,092 | 10 |
| 38 | Utica, NY | 64,728 | $48,212 | 2 |
| 39 | North Amityville, NY | 20,336 | $94,056 | 1 |
| 40 | White Plains, NY | 59,421 | $109,551 | 2 |
| 41 | Olean, NY | 13,890 | $45,078 | 2 |
| 42 | Uniondale, NY | 33,192 | $107,885 | 1 |
| 43 | Riverhead, NY | 14,388 | $73,197 | 1 |
| 44 | Cohoes, NY | 17,960 | $62,679 | 5 |
| 45 | Mount Kisco, NY | 10,835 | $99,444 | 1 |
| 46 | Watertown, NY | 24,859 | $49,722 | 2 |
| 47 | Brentwood, NY | 65,042 | $111,572 | 1 |
| 48 | Eggertsville, NY | 15,076 | $78,184 | 1 |
| 49 | Dobbs Ferry, NY | 11,431 | $144,000 | 2 |
| 50 | North New Hyde Park, NY | 14,652 | $149,235 | 3 |
| 51 | West Seneca, NY | 45,387 | $75,435 | 1 |
| 52 | Greece, NY | 14,406 | $66,708 | 1 |
| 53 | Oswego, NY | 17,092 | $50,266 | 4 |
| 54 | East Rockaway, NY | 10,070 | $115,701 | 1 |
| 55 | Lackawanna, NY | 19,762 | $46,869 | 3 |
| 56 | Westbury, NY | 15,788 | $125,976 | 1 |
| 57 | Massena, NY | 10,218 | $48,161 | 4 |
| 58 | North Valley Stream, NY | 19,016 | $147,569 | 1 |
| 59 | Middletown, NY | 30,169 | $70,155 | 1 |
| 60 | Lynbrook, NY | 20,299 | $139,266 | 1 |
| 61 | Endicott, NY | 13,540 | $43,509 | 2 |
| 62 | Lancaster, NY | 10,160 | $61,646 | 5 |
| 63 | Harrison, NY | 28,721 | $151,038 | 1 |
| 64 | New Cassel, NY | 15,127 | $112,569 | 1 |
| 65 | Selden, NY | 21,759 | $115,406 | 1 |
| 66 | Eastchester, NY | 20,633 | $153,482 | 1 |
| 67 | Middle Island, NY | 10,731 | $85,673 | 1 |
| 68 | Roosevelt, NY | 19,233 | $128,058 | 1 |
| 69 | Monsey, NY | 28,287 | $49,630 | 2 |
| 70 | North Lindenhurst, NY | 11,155 | $118,177 | 1 |
| 71 | Copiague, NY | 23,442 | $116,060 | 1 |
| 72 | Baldwin, NY | 33,776 | $132,852 | 1 |
| 73 | Niagara Falls, NY | 48,502 | $45,932 | 4 |
| 74 | Irondequoit, NY | 50,780 | $74,031 | 7 |
| 75 | East Patchogue, NY | 21,449 | $105,208 | 1 |
| 76 | Rotterdam, NY | 22,673 | $79,415 | 4 |
| 77 | Cheektowaga, NY | 76,483 | $64,066 | 1 |
| 78 | South Farmingdale, NY | 15,028 | $166,680 | 1 |
| 79 | Kingston, NY | 24,018 | $62,071 | 2 |
| 80 | Port Chester, NY | 31,288 | $92,116 | 3 |
| 81 | Levittown, NY | 50,804 | $140,559 | 2 |
| 82 | Franklin Square, NY | 31,969 | $136,225 | 1 |
| 83 | North Bay Shore, NY | 18,392 | $104,004 | 2 |
| 84 | Terryville, NY | 10,890 | $112,682 | 1 |
| 85 | Depew, NY | 15,141 | $68,856 | 1 |
| 86 | Beacon, NY | 13,876 | $96,891 | 3 |
| 87 | Amsterdam, NY | 18,244 | $46,338 | 3 |
| 88 | Inwood, NY | 11,156 | $67,058 | 1 |
| 89 | Babylon, NY | 12,185 | $136,875 | 2 |
| 90 | Salisbury, NY | 12,861 | $147,056 | 1 |
| 91 | Syosset, NY | 18,807 | $180,297 | 1 |
| 92 | Ridge, NY | 12,987 | $85,775 | 1 |
| 93 | Deer Park, NY | 27,304 | $125,753 | 1 |
| 94 | Lake Ronkonkoma, NY | 18,339 | $98,922 | 2 |
| 95 | Glens Falls, NY | 14,743 | $64,731 | 8 |
| 96 | North Massapequa, NY | 18,198 | $134,666 | 1 |
| 97 | North Gates, NY | 10,138 | $70,482 | 1 |
| 98 | Huntington Station, NY | 34,588 | $122,226 | 1 |
| 99 | Mamaroneck, NY | 19,930 | $121,672 | 1 |
| 100 | Stony Brook, NY | 12,501 | $145,487 | 1 |
