14 New York Beach Towns Among Top Best-Rated In America

A trip to the beach when the weather is warmer is always incredible. Maybe this year you can visit one of these 14 in New York State that were the Top Rated in America.

No matter where you go, you're sure to find that perfect beach to relax and unwind at. Let's be real for a moment though. When you think beach towns, New York State isn't probably the first state that comes to mind. Maybe that is New Jersey, California, or Florida. However, New York does have some incredible beaches. Even in Upstate, we are blessed with a ton of great places.

When the pull of the beach is strong, as Travel and Leisure points out, you may just adopt an "any beach will do" mentality. Before you do that though, try and check out the best beach towns in the U.S. Why? They can make for incredible vacations with beautiful coastal views, ice cream stands, and historic beach piers.

WalletHub compared 191 cities across America to find the best beach towns. Here's how they determined the winners:

WalletHub compared 191 cities across 62 key indicators of livability. We split our comparison into two categories, towns located by the ocean and by lakes. Our data set ranges from housing costs to share of for-sale waterfront homes to quality of beach water."

Florida ruled the Top 10 of the list coming in at first place, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th. California and Hawaii were also big winners, along with South Carolina. New York State doesn't even show up on the list until Number 46. Here's a look at how New York scored:

See Which New York Beaches Made America's Best Beach Towns

A trip to the beach when the weather is warmer is always incredible. Maybe this year you can visit one of these 14 in New York State that were the Top Rated in America.

WalletHub compared 191 cities across America to find the best beach towns. Here's how they determined the winners:

WalletHub compared 191 cities across 62 key indicators of livability. We split our comparison into two categories, towns located by the ocean and by lakes. Our data set ranges from housing costs to share of for-sale waterfront homes to quality of beach water."

Here's a look at how New York scored:

LOOK: See America's 50 Best Beach Towns

Every beach town has its share of pluses and minuses, which got us thinking about what makes a beach town the best one to live in. To find out, Stacker consulted data from WalletHub, released June 17, 2020, that compares U.S. beach towns. Ratings are based on six categories: affordability, weather, safety, economy, education and health, and quality of life. The cities ranged in population from 10,000 to 150,000, but they had to have at least one local beach listed on TripAdvisor. Read the full methodology here. From those rankings, we selected the top 50. Readers who live in California and Florida will be unsurprised to learn that many of towns featured here are in one of those two states.

Keep reading to see if your favorite beach town made the cut.

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