Appreciation Velocity — New York Cities
Cities of New York ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 10Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Lake Placid, NY
+3,638.2%
#2 · Stony Creek, NY
+2,328.6%
#3 · East Marion, NY
+1,632.4%
#4 · Millbrook, NY
+1,606.9%
#5 · Andover, NY
+1,528.6%
#6 · Tomkins Cove, NY
+1,498.0%
#7 · Hewlett, NY
+1,364.5%
#8 · Brookhaven, NY
+1,168.3%
#9 · Shelter Island, NY
+1,068.6%
#10 · Monticello, NY
+1,055.5%
City ranking — 10Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | City | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Placid, NY | NY | +773.6% | +134.6% | +486.7% | +3,638.2% | $2.84M |
| 2 | Stony Creek, NY | NY | +444.9% | +3.7% | +421.5% | +2,328.6% | $850K |
| 3 | East Marion, NY | NY | -33.3% | +20.2% | +134.3% | +1,632.4% | $1.23M |
| 4 | Millbrook, NY | NY | +779.4% | +1,085.1% | +465.1% | +1,606.9% | $5.78M |
| 5 | Andover, NY | NY | +200.0% | +133.8% | +7.0% | +1,528.6% | $114K |
| 6 | Tomkins Cove, NY | NY | +59.8% | — | +34.6% | +1,498.0% | $799K |
| 7 | Hewlett, NY | NY | +585.2% | +1,111.6% | +1,004.8% | +1,364.5% | $6M |
| 8 | Brookhaven, NY | NY | +164.6% | +356.5% | +374.0% | +1,168.3% | $2.6M |
| 9 | Shelter Island, NY | NY | +51.1% | +60.2% | +299.7% | +1,068.6% | $3.5M |
| 10 | Monticello, NY | NY | +207.5% | +255.5% | +480.3% | +1,055.5% | $925K |
| 11 | Oyster Bay, NY | NY | +72.1% | +220.6% | +255.7% | +889.4% | $2.34M |
| 12 | Bellport, NY | NY | -25.0% | +73.3% | +53.0% | +859.0% | $1.33M |
| 13 | Henderson, NY | NY | +131.9% | +179.0% | +195.0% | +848.5% | $474.3K |
| 14 | Amawalk, NY | NY | +7.5% | +118.8% | +447.1% | +830.0% | $930K |
| 15 | Prattsville, NY | NY | -32.9% | — | +14.2% | +795.2% | $376K |
| 16 | Bridgehampton, NY | NY | +116.8% | +96.5% | +154.6% | +773.3% | $10.3M |
| 17 | Ellenville, NY | NY | +122.2% | +189.8% | +238.2% | +661.6% | $582.5K |
| 18 | Skaneateles, NY | NY | +103.1% | +292.8% | +151.6% | +629.2% | $2.76M |
| 19 | Caroga Lake, NY | NY | +158.2% | — | +243.6% | +617.7% | $374.4K |
| 20 | Cochecton, NY | NY | +142.1% | — | +639.6% | +569.9% | $625K |
| 21 | Keeseville, NY | NY | -64.8% | -12.4% | -27.4% | +566.7% | $160K |
| 22 | Gilboa, NY | NY | +164.5% | +661.8% | +458.0% | +560.7% | $647.5K |
| 23 | Guilderland, NY | NY | +303.7% | +565.8% | +554.7% | +545.7% | $1.74M |
| 24 | Worcester, NY | NY | +56.5% | — | +190.0% | +542.0% | $425K |
| 25 | Pennellville, NY | NY | +34.3% | — | +49.1% | +536.9% | $310K |
| 26 | Forestport, NY | NY | +100.7% | — | +62.0% | +512.1% | $355K |
| 27 | Naples, NY | NY | +146.3% | -62.3% | +165.3% | +504.8% | $375K |
| 28 | Hoosick Falls, NY | NY | +31.9% | +73.3% | +268.5% | +490.0% | $393.8K |
| 29 | Windsor, NY | NY | +142.7% | +32.9% | +207.2% | +485.1% | $498.5K |
| 30 | Kingston, NY | NY | +67.0% | +55.0% | +207.7% | +476.9% | $741.3K |
| 31 | Cambridge, NY | NY | +19.2% | +63.1% | +72.0% | +474.3% | $405K |
| 32 | Hamlin, NY | NY | +141.4% | +320.1% | +249.4% | +470.1% | $700K |
| 33 | Liberty, NY | NY | -2.2% | +206.5% | +215.2% | +464.2% | $306.5K |
| 34 | Thurman, NY | NY | — | +213.3% | +33.8% | +461.5% | $365K |
| 35 | Garrison, NY | NY | +248.2% | +450.2% | +899.4% | +413.3% | $2.9M |
| 36 | Bovina Center, NY | NY | +419.1% | +373.5% | +476.2% | +408.2% | $1.7M |
| 37 | Hillsdale, NY | NY | +15.5% | — | +113.0% | +404.1% | $1.29M |
| 38 | Stuyvesant, NY | NY | +377.8% | +165.9% | +69.2% | +403.4% | $795K |
| 39 | Head of the Harbor, NY | NY | +18.9% | +306.5% | — | +396.1% | $3.15M |
| 40 | Rosedale, NY | NY | +116.9% | +179.8% | +193.9% | +382.6% | $1.6M |
| 41 | Dolgeville, NY | NY | +3.5% | -15.2% | +25.6% | +381.7% | $144.5K |
| 42 | Oriskany Falls, NY | NY | +218.1% | +279.6% | +305.6% | +373.7% | $540K |
| 43 | Portageville, NY | NY | — | — | +160.9% | +372.4% | $420K |
| 44 | Pound Ridge, NY | NY | -23.0% | +129.1% | +299.4% | +359.8% | $3M |
| 45 | Perry, NY | NY | +33.2% | +20.9% | +91.5% | +359.3% | $210K |
| 46 | Fort Ann, NY | NY | -40.0% | — | +143.9% | +359.2% | $659.9K |
| 47 | Mill Neck, NY | NY | — | +162.6% | — | +356.5% | $10.5M |
| 48 | Nunda, NY | NY | -6.1% | +84.5% | +13.3% | +355.9% | $155K |
| 49 | Edinburg, NY | NY | +93.3% | — | +297.7% | +355.3% | $432.5K |
| 50 | Minerva, NY | NY | -25.3% | +32.1% | -17.6% | +351.6% | $140K |
| 51 | West Falls, NY | NY | -2.9% | +85.5% | +139.9% | +350.7% | $575K |
| 52 | Holley, NY | NY | -25.5% | +100.7% | +228.0% | +341.8% | $275K |
| 53 | Copenhagen, NY | NY | +136.7% | +228.3% | +129.9% | +339.0% | $405K |
| 54 | New Baltimore, NY | NY | +138.6% | +277.8% | +204.2% | +338.7% | $680K |
| 55 | Wallkill, NY | NY | +26.9% | +88.1% | +154.4% | +337.5% | $650.2K |
| 56 | Baldwin Harbor, NY | NY | +72.5% | — | +232.6% | +337.4% | $1.4M |
| 57 | Livonia, NY | NY | +24.8% | -8.7% | +134.0% | +334.1% | $445K |
| 58 | Sherburne, NY | NY | — | +159.1% | +2.1% | +332.6% | $205.5K |
| 59 | West Islip, NY | NY | +81.5% | +81.5% | +350.6% | +325.3% | $1.8M |
| 60 | Mohegan Lake, NY | NY | +51.9% | +149.3% | +209.9% | +323.8% | $831.7K |
| 61 | Kennedy, NY | NY | — | — | +93.6% | +323.7% | $230.9K |
| 62 | Albion, NY | NY | +39.1% | +79.6% | +116.5% | +319.8% | $195K |
| 63 | Ny, NY | NY | — | +133.5% | — | +314.6% | $398K |
| 64 | Morristown, NY | NY | +160.9% | +196.5% | +306.6% | +313.9% | $424K |
| 65 | Trumansburg, NY | NY | +102.1% | +240.0% | +26.5% | +313.4% | $595K |
| 66 | Fort Edward, NY | NY | +64.4% | +480.0% | +177.9% | +312.9% | $435K |
| 67 | Mastic Beach, NY | NY | +12.8% | +30.6% | +96.2% | +312.6% | $450K |
| 68 | Dunkirk, NY | NY | +51.8% | +11.0% | +77.0% | +311.4% | $182.4K |
| 69 | Whitestone, NY | NY | +120.7% | +195.6% | +257.1% | +310.4% | $2.7M |
| 70 | Oakdale, NY | NY | +69.6% | +67.6% | +204.5% | +307.6% | $1.16M |
| 71 | Goshen, NY | NY | +57.6% | +210.9% | +167.8% | +299.6% | $869K |
| 72 | Attica, NY | NY | +59.6% | +149.9% | +93.3% | +299.3% | $332.5K |
| 73 | Jay, NY | NY | +104.5% | +143.0% | +224.7% | +297.6% | $422K |
| 74 | Stone Ridge, NY | NY | +158.3% | +300.4% | +417.2% | +296.7% | $1.88M |
| 75 | Lake George, NY | NY | -7.4% | -38.7% | +158.6% | +296.3% | $570K |
| 76 | Amsterdam, NY | NY | +90.6% | +148.8% | +221.1% | +286.9% | $349.7K |
| 77 | Elizabethtown, NY | NY | -10.9% | +237.4% | +125.7% | +284.0% | $347.5K |
| 78 | Greenfield Center, NY | NY | +198.6% | — | +153.5% | +280.6% | $1.14M |
| 79 | Angelica, NY | NY | +262.5% | +332.1% | +496.8% | +280.5% | $390K |
| 80 | Redwood, NY | NY | +338.6% | +207.6% | +293.3% | +279.9% | $482.5K |
| 81 | Farmingdale, NY | NY | +85.7% | +148.1% | +119.3% | +269.1% | $1.2M |
| 82 | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | NY | +3.3% | +91.5% | — | +267.3% | $2.58M |
| 83 | Pine Bush, NY | NY | +100.9% | +160.9% | +206.2% | +265.0% | $750K |
| 84 | Woodridge, NY | NY | +21.4% | +8.9% | +185.7% | +264.3% | $255K |
| 85 | Batavia, NY | NY | +94.8% | +235.2% | +97.8% | +264.0% | $317.7K |
| 86 | Tonawanda, NY | NY | +37.2% | +107.2% | +87.5% | +262.6% | $363.1K |
| 87 | Gowanda, NY | NY | +14.4% | +9.6% | +141.6% | +256.6% | $176.5K |
| 88 | Cutchogue, NY | NY | -19.5% | +15.9% | +16.2% | +247.6% | $1.28M |
| 89 | Montrose, NY | NY | — | — | +294.5% | +246.9% | $718K |
| 90 | Sauquoit, NY | NY | +5.6% | +58.9% | +98.5% | +246.8% | $325K |
| 91 | Clay, NY | NY | +56.4% | +296.8% | +130.7% | +246.0% | $550K |
| 92 | Adams Center, NY | NY | -29.9% | -41.3% | +58.4% | +244.2% | $206.5K |
| 93 | Brownville, NY | NY | +75.1% | +103.9% | +216.2% | +243.8% | $803.9K |
| 94 | East Moriches, NY | NY | -14.8% | +179.4% | +44.4% | +239.9% | $1.23M |
| 95 | Yorktown Heights, NY | NY | +56.0% | +124.1% | +187.9% | +238.4% | $1.04M |
| 96 | Marlboro, NY | NY | +43.7% | +101.5% | +142.8% | +237.7% | $657K |
| 97 | Callicoon, NY | NY | +16.3% | — | -25.7% | +236.6% | $500K |
| 98 | Staatsburg, NY | NY | -35.2% | +18.9% | +73.9% | +235.4% | $550K |
| 99 | Chatham, NY | NY | -15.3% | -51.2% | +164.8% | +229.8% | $723K |
| 100 | Clarence, NY | NY | +23.7% | +155.4% | +145.6% | +229.1% | $973.3K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.