New York · Census place 84000
Yonkers city, NY
Quick answer
Yonkers city has 209,529 residents, ranking #4 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $81,816, the median home is worth $478,000 and median gross rent runs $1,730 a month.
- Population
- 209,529Yonkers city residents
- Median household income
- $81,816Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $478,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,730Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 47.2%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Yonkers city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Yonkers city median would spend about 25.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.7% of residents and 47.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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