Best counties in New York

Ranked by composite score — 62 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Hamilton County	73.5	74.7	80.7	28.4
2	Lewis County	68.5	54.5	80.1	28
3	Schuyler County	65.9	47.8	78.4	26.2
4	Essex County	65.4	58.5	76.8	29.2
5	Franklin County	64.2	49.4	80.9	25
6	Otsego County	63.3	55.7	76.3	27.2
7	Warren County	63.2	59.2	69.1	34.5
8	Wyoming County	63.2	37.6	80.7	28.4
9	Yates County	63	48.3	78.9	27.5
10	Saratoga County	62.9	60.3	60.3	48.4
11	Schoharie County	62.5	40.8	76.9	29.9
12	Greene County	62.4	55.6	71.2	31.7
13	Columbia County	62.3	58.7	65.9	38
14	Delaware County	62	53.4	78.8	22.7
15	Jefferson County	61.9	58	69.9	25.8
16	Herkimer County	61.7	38.4	80.5	28.3
17	Clinton County	61	46.7	75.8	28.6
18	Seneca County	61	37.9	76.3	26.5
19	Fulton County	60.9	42.4	77.8	24.3
20	Washington County	60.8	43.7	73.3	30.6
21	Madison County	60.5	37.7	75.2	31.1
22	Tioga County	60	33.4	76.4	30.2
23	Ontario County	59.8	40.4	69.7	35.5
24	Livingston County	59.6	32.9	75.5	30.7
25	Cayuga County	59	38.1	76.3	26.9
26	St. Lawrence County	59	38.1	80.9	23.8
27	Genesee County	58.8	31.7	75.6	30.4
28	Oneida County	58.8	42.3	76.6	28.3
29	Wayne County	58.3	30.5	74.5	31.6
30	Chenango County	58.2	35.1	79.9	23.9
31	Niagara County	58.2	38	77.2	27.7
32	Richmond County	58.2	76.3	43	47.5
33	Albany County	58	49	63	37.7
34	Orleans County	58	18	76.1	25.1
35	Chautauqua County	57.5	35.2	82.2	20.3
36	Cortland County	57.5	27.8	75.5	27.5
37	Chemung County	57.4	31.3	75.4	24.8
38	Steuben County	57.4	31.3	78.5	25.6
39	Erie County	57.3	43.7	72.5	29.8
40	Queens County	56.9	77.6	45.1	38.8
41	Sullivan County	56.8	41.4	71.2	29
42	Kings County	56.7	82.9	41.3	34.7
43	Rensselaer County	56.7	40.6	65.1	40
44	Oswego County	56.5	29.8	75.2	28.1
45	Allegany County	56.3	19.5	83.3	23.4
46	Montgomery County	56	30.2	76.5	24.5
47	Cattaraugus County	55.6	26.5	83.2	21.4
48	Schenectady County	55.2	33.1	65.4	33.6
49	Ulster County	55.2	47.6	60	36.8
50	Tompkins County	55.1	36.2	62.1	31
51	Broome County	54.8	28.1	76.9	23.2
52	Putnam County	54.2	39.5	38.1	66.5
53	Dutchess County	54.1	47.1	51.1	46.9
54	Bronx County	54	73.4	55	15.4
55	New York County	53.8	76.9	28.7	51.6
56	Onondaga County	53.6	29.3	70.3	32.2
57	Monroe County	52.5	23.9	68.5	32
58	Westchester County	50.7	58.2	29.9	60.7
59	Nassau County	50.1	59.6	22.1	77
60	Rockland County	49.3	52.4	32.4	55.6
61	Orange County	49.1	36.4	46.5	46.4
62	Suffolk County	48.3	50.1	29	67.1