Which cities are best for yard sales?

To mark the annual 127 Yard Sale — The World’s Longest Yard Sale, starting Aug. 1 — Lawn Love ranked 2024's Best Cities for Scouring Garage Sales.

It compared the 500 biggest U.S. cities based on four categories. More specifically, it looked at the number of yard sales and estate sales, yard size, and share of homes with garages, among 10 total metrics.

See the 10 best (and 10 worst) cities for yard sales below:

Key highlights

• The Texas Triangle and populous Midwestern cities such as Chicago (No. 4), Minneapolis (No. 7), and Indianapolis (No. 8) score at the top of the ranking, behind Los Angeles in first place. These cities each claim high access to and demand for garage and estate sales. 

• The best cities for yard sales aren’t necessarily filled with big front yards. Busy cities like New York (No. 19) lack space for selling, but still have frequent sales — plus the chances of finding luxury items are seemingly higher. 2023 saw trends in NYC celebrity stoop, garage, and estate sales, such as from filmmaker Spike Lee, actress Chloe Sevigny, stylist Stacy London, and the late Tom Verlaine.

• Cities in Florida, Massachusetts, and New Jersey land at the bottom, with low interest in yard sales, small yards, and a small share of homes with garages. Less than 32 percent of homes have garages to declutter in the bottom 10 cities.