Yonkers is home to 209,978 people in New York. The foreign-born share is 33%. 46% of homes are owner-occupied. Density works out to 11,662 people per square mile. Getting to work takes 36 minutes on average. The typical home is worth $501,600, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $83,549, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.9
US median: 38.9
Average education
36% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 29%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Yonkers
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share16.3% → 45.2%(+28.9 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share67.4% → 30.9%(−36.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Yonkers's population equals 21% of Westchester County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 12% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 36% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)33.1%(1,731)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.4%(961)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.3%(1,376)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.9%(255)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.5%(78)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 5,226 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Yonkers, decade by decade
Yonkers population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
188,082
$87,305
$541,696
21.9%
62.6
2000
196,086
$81,361
$390,016
24.8%
81.1
2010
195,976
$80,150
$617,003
29.1%
84.9
2020
211,569
$84,631
$502,027
34.5%
85.8
2024
209,978
$83,549
$501,600
35.7%
84.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
