The 10 Gayest Places In New York For 2024


The gayest cities in New York are Walden and Mohawk for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Gayest places in New York research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to research the cities in New York with the highest percent of same-sex households for 2024. The data comes from the American Community Survey 2013-2018 vintage, which breaks down sex by household status. Unfortunately, the Census has stopped reporting at the city level, so this report reflects the most recent data.

  • The city with the highest rate of same-sex houesholds in New York is Walden. 6.24% of households in Walden are gay.

  • The city in New York with the most same-sex houesholds is New York with 16,654 gay households.

  • New York is the 11th most gay in the United States.

Gayest Cities In New York Map


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


An estimated 1.2% of New York residents are gay.

That means there are a total of 93,412 gay households in The Empire State.

Our goal with this post is to use Saturday Night Science and data to determine the gayest cities in New York.

After analyzing 257 cities with over 1,000 households, we’ve determined these are The Gayest Cities in New York for 2024.

The 10 Gayest Places In New York For 2024

  1. Walden
  2. Mohawk
  3. Coxsackie
  4. Mount Morris
  5. Little Falls
  6. Phoenix
  7. Malone
  8. Flower Hill
  9. Hudson
  10. Ellenville

What’s the gayest place in New York? According to the facts, Walden is the gayest place in New York for 2024.

For more on how we calculated the top ten, and for more information about these places, read on.

For more New York reading, check out:

The 10 Gayest Cities In New York For 2024

Walden, NY

Source: Wikipedia User Daniel Case | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 2,210
Gay Households: 81 (15th highest)
% Gay Households: 6.24% (1st highest)
More on Walden: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

2. Mohawk

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 1,034
Gay Households: 32 (36th highest)
% Gay Households: 6.19% (2nd highest)
More on Mohawk: Crime

3. Coxsackie

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 1,038
Gay Households: 21 (56th highest)
% Gay Households: 4.05% (3rd highest)
More on Coxsackie: Crime

4. Mount Morris

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 1,224
Gay Households: 30 (40th highest)
% Gay Households: 3.76% (4th highest)
More on Mount Morris: Crime

5. Little Falls

Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Households: 1,820
Gay Households: 32 (36th highest)
% Gay Households: 3.52% (5th highest)
More on Little Falls: Crime

6. Phoenix

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 1,086
Gay Households: 15 (75th highest)
% Gay Households: 2.76% (6th highest)
More on Phoenix: Crime

Malone, NY

Source: Wikipedia User P199 | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 2,501
Gay Households: 34 (32nd highest)
% Gay Households: 2.72% (7th highest)
More on Malone: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 1,571
Gay Households: 18 (64th highest)
% Gay Households: 2.29% (8th highest)
More on Flower Hill: Data

Hudson, NY

Source: Wikipedia User Daniel Case | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 2,694
Gay Households: 29 (42nd highest)
% Gay Households: 2.15% (9th highest)
More on Hudson: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

10. Ellenville

Ellenville, NY

Source: Wikipedia User Daniel Case | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 1,592
Gay Households: 15 (75th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.88% (10th highest)
More on Ellenville: Crime

How do you determine the best cities for same-sex households in New York for 2024

In order to rank the gayest cities in New York, we used Saturday Night Science and the 2013-2018 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census. We looked at:

  • Percentage of all households that are unmarried, same sex partners

We limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 1,000 households.

We ranked each place from 1 to 257 with the city containing the highest percentage of unmarried, same sex partners households being the most gay.

In the end, ended up being the the most gay place with 6.24% gay households.

Skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from gayest to straighest.

We updated this report for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the gayest places in New York.

There You Have It – The Most LGBT Friendly Cities In New York For 2024

If you’re looking at the number of gay households in New York, this is an accurate list.

The gayest cities in New York are .

If you’re curious enough, here are the least gay places in New York:

  • Yorkville
  • Highland Falls
  • Kenmore

For more New York reading, check out:

Table: Gayest Places To Live In New York

Rank City Households % Gay Households
1 Walden 2,210 6.24%
2 Mohawk 1,034 6.19%
3 Coxsackie 1,038 4.05%
4 Mount Morris 1,224 3.76%
5 Little Falls 1,820 3.52%
6 Phoenix 1,086 2.76%
7 Malone 2,501 2.72%
8 Flower Hill 1,571 2.29%
9 Hudson 2,694 2.15%
10 Ellenville 1,592 1.88%
11 Canton 1,513 1.85%
12 Menands 1,659 1.81%
13 Catskill 1,406 1.71%
14 New Hyde Park 2,798 1.57%
15 Irvington 2,413 1.49%
16 Southampton 1,352 1.48%
17 North Hills 2,658 1.35%
18 Sloan 1,640 1.34%
19 Middletown 10,331 1.34%
20 Lloyd Harbor 1,234 1.3%
21 Sloatsburg 1,087 1.29%
22 Ithaca 10,239 1.17%
23 Beacon 5,178 1.16%
24 Webster 2,426 1.15%
25 Harriman 1,065 1.13%
26 Plattsburgh 7,894 1.11%
27 Newburgh 9,358 1.11%
28 Saugerties 1,765 1.02%
29 Ardsley 1,638 0.98%
30 Albany 41,207 0.97%
31 Maybrook 1,370 0.88%
32 Baldwinsville 3,210 0.87%
33 Lansing 1,639 0.85%
34 Rochester 86,057 0.79%
35 Johnstown 3,447 0.75%
36 New York 3,154,103 0.71%
37 Niagara Falls 21,474 0.71%
38 Westbury 4,918 0.69%
39 Port Chester 9,129 0.68%
40 Endicott 5,697 0.67%
41 Troy 19,954 0.65%
42 East Rochester 2,834 0.64%
43 Herkimer 2,894 0.62%
44 Norwich 2,990 0.6%
45 West Haverstraw 3,071 0.59%
46 Utica 23,520 0.58%
47 Batavia 6,129 0.55%
48 Syracuse 55,306 0.55%
49 Auburn 11,607 0.55%
50 Oswego 7,551 0.53%
51 Granville 1,146 0.52%
52 Schenectady 22,694 0.48%
53 Elmira 9,931 0.44%
54 Dobbs Ferry 3,671 0.44%
55 Saratoga Springs 12,393 0.44%
56 Lancaster 4,600 0.43%
57 Buffalo 110,701 0.42%
58 Olean 6,158 0.39%
59 Dunkirk 5,182 0.39%
60 Johnson City 6,288 0.38%
61 Oneonta 4,322 0.37%
62 Lake Grove 3,894 0.36%
63 Port Jervis 3,897 0.36%
64 Victor 1,122 0.36%
65 Amityville 3,421 0.35%
66 New Rochelle 28,073 0.34%
67 Jamestown 12,652 0.32%
68 Glens Falls 6,466 0.31%
69 Geneva 4,545 0.31%
70 White Plains 22,929 0.28%
71 Yonkers 74,848 0.27%
72 Peekskill 9,628 0.23%
73 Lindenhurst 8,839 0.23%
74 Valley Stream 12,116 0.21%
75 Binghamton 19,873 0.2%
76 Lackawanna 7,426 0.16%
77 Mineola 7,456 0.16%
78 Glen Cove 9,792 0.14%
79 North Tonawanda 13,645 0.13%
80 Hempstead 15,703 0.11%
81 Poughkeepsie 12,627 0.11%
82 Watertown 11,110 0.11%
83 Mount Vernon 25,248 0.05%
84 Old Westbury 1,100 0.0%
85 Piermont 1,184 0.0%
86 Oneida 4,436 0.0%
87 Orchard Park 1,396 0.0%
88 Northport 2,999 0.0%
89 Patchogue 5,250 0.0%
90 Perry 1,404 0.0%
91 Ossining 8,418 0.0%
92 Palmyra 1,471 0.0%
93 Penn Yan 1,985 0.0%
94 Pelham Manor 1,698 0.0%
95 North Syracuse 3,065 0.0%
96 Newark 3,816 0.0%
97 Pelham 2,249 0.0%
98 Owego 1,703 0.0%
99 Ogdensburg 4,029 0.0%
100 New York Mills 1,737 0.0%
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