One city from the Hudson Valley is the sixth safest city in all of the United States.

WalletHub reached out with to Hudson Valley Post about its findings on the "2024’s Safest Cities in America."

These Are the Top 4 Safest Cities in New York State

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Take a look at the safest cities to live in New York State, according to WalletHub.

These Are the Top 4 Safest Cities in New York State

Do you think your city is safe? Below are not just the safest cities in all of New York State, but WalletHub says they are also some of the most secure in America.

Gallery Credit: WalletHub

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"With the U.S. experiencing over 400 mass shootings and nearly 25,000 motor vehicle deaths so far this year, WalletHub released its report on 2024's Safest Cities in America to highlight where people are at the lowest risk of physical and financial harm," WalletHub told Hudson Valley Post in an email.

Yonkers Is New York's Safest City

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Yonkers in Westchester County was deemed America's sixth safest city.

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WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 41 key metrics. The data set ranges from traffic fatalities per capita and assaults per capita to the unemployment rate and the percentage of the population that is uninsured.

Yonkers, Buffalo, New York City, Rochester Honored

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Below are New York's 9th safest cities and where each city ranked on WalletHub's list.

  • #6 Yonkers, NY

  • #95 Rochester, NY

  • #123 New York, NY

  • #140 Buffalo, NY

Below are America's safest and least safe cities

Safest Cities in America

  • 1. South Burlington, VT
  • 2. Casper, WY
  • 3. Warwick, RI
  • 4. Burlington, VT
  • 5. Boise, ID

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Least Safe Cities in America

  • 182. Memphis, TN
  • 181. Detroit, MI
  • 180. Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • 179. Baton Rouge, LA
  • 178. New Orleans, LA

These 21 New York Cities Made WalletHub's 2024 list of 'Best Small Cities in America'

WalletHub also recently named the best small cities in America. Over 20 from New York made the list.

These 21 New York Cities Made WalletHub's 2024 list of 'Best Small Cities in America'

Are you living in one of America's best small cities? WalletHub compared over 1,300 small cities nationwide to find out which are the best and worst in the country.

Nearly two dozen cities in New York made the upper crust of the list and one of them even made the top 99th percentile in the entire country - tying at #1!

Find out if your hometown made the cut!

Gallery Credit: WalletHub

6 of the New York Cities Ranked Dirtiest in America

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Stop! Don't Miss These 11 Incredible Upstate New York Roadside Sites!

Stop! Don't Miss These 11 Incredible Upstate New York Roadside Sites!

As a travel guide writer, I am especially tuned-in to the many (countless) interesting roadside sites in our area that are fascinating and historic. I compiled a list of 100 of the best in my book Upstate Uncovered (Syracuse University Press). I will start periodically posting some of the best. Don't miss these!

From the grave of one of America's most beloved artists, to the world's largest pancake griddle, to New York's own Mount Rushmore, and to the oldest stage and theatre in the country, these Upstate New York sites are all worthy of a few minutes of your time.

And why did Clara Barton set up her very first Red Cross chapter in little Dansville, N.Y> anyway??

History is around every corner in our beautiful Upstate New York!

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