Fed up with sky-high home prices and the surging cost of living, New York City dwellers are increasingly searching beyond the five boroughs for a new place to settle—although most are not venturing far.
To identify these would-be homebuyers’ top relocation destinations, economists at Realtor.com® looked at how many people living in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island were perusing listings outside the Big Apple on the Realtor.com marketplace.
Notably, the data analysis covers the third quarter of 2025 from July through September, predating the victory of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral election Tuesday…