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Yonkers, NY

211,062 Population
18 square miles 11,722 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$43,690 ±$2,526 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,724 ±$410
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$81,868 ±$7,094 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

11.5% ±2.4% (23,967  ±4,986) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

37.3 minutes ±1.7 (3,492,750  ±244,868) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36.5 312,069,860 (±0.2 / ±2,124,253)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)

Families

82,784 ±3,278 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,486,828 ±18,178
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
2.5 ±0.1 (207,320  ±147) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,506,840 (±0 / ±6,880)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

3.3% ±1.3% (1,628  ±638) 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: 4.7% 223,867 (±0.2% / ±9,782)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

87,491 ±3,906 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,129,556 ±3,255
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$521,700 ±$35,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

9.8% ±2.2% (20,471  ±4,583) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.6% 1,701,255 (±0.2% / ±37,632.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)

Social

81.6% ±3.5% (124,656  ±6,386.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.5% 12,364,968 (±0.4% / ±61,462.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
35.9% ±2.4% (54,767  ±4,021.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 45% 6,366,678 (±0.3% / ±42,862.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

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

34.3% ±2.6% (72,352  ±5,480) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.8% 6,143,359
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

3.1% ±0.7% (5,307  ±1,281) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
5,307 Total veterans ±1,281 4,829 Male ±1,213 478 Female ±304

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