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Yonkers, NY

207,644 Population
18 square miles 11,532.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$41,905 ±$3,181 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,000 ±$361
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$81,097 ±$4,482 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $95,220 ±$777
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

16% ±2.8% (32,839  ±5,727) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.8% 2,446,378 (±0.3% / ±48,131)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

36.2 minutes ±1.2 (3,455,200  ±209,563) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 299,717,920 (±0.2 / ±1,953,204)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

79,190 ±3,586 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,490,498 ±17,819
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.6 ±0.1 (204,332  ±357) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,090,424 (±0 / ±10,760)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

3.3% ±1.5% (1,756  ±788) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 5% 227,692 (±0.2% / ±10,459)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

82,595 ±3,630 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,083,521 ±4,695
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$541,200 ±$30,752 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $610,200 ±$2,813
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

9% ±1.8% (18,481  ±3,669.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.8% 1,694,408 (±0.2% / ±35,860.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

83.4% ±3.5% (121,231  ±6,169.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.9% 12,150,424 (±0.4% / ±59,520.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
35.1% ±2.5% (51,047  ±3,987.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.6% 6,167,831 (±0.3% / ±41,249.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

36.1% ±2.9% (75,005  ±6,095) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.5% 5,938,058
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

3% ±0.8% (4,955  ±1,257) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.5% 390,581 (±0.1% / ±9,777)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
4,955 Total veterans ±1,257 4,290 Male ±1,155 665 Female ±478

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