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Yonkers, New York

Yonkers is a city in Westchester County, New York, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area. It has 209,978 residents. Yonkers, New York has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,686 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #420 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on public transit commuters (high), traffic deaths (low) and access to exercise opportunities (high). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), high school diploma or higher (low) and home price to income ratio (high).

76High

Quality-of-life score: #3,686 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #420 of 859 in NY
Population: 209,978 (2020-2024)
Land area: 18 mi²
Density: 11,661.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3684000

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety95#805/15,637
Economy39#9,593/15,631
Housing7#13,922/14,977
Health89#1,783/15,609
Healthcare95#795/15,650
Environment52#7,417/15,453
Education54#7,192/15,649
Infrastructure55#6,993/15,650
Community78#3,519/15,651
Leisure & amenities97#422/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Yonkers, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Westchester County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public transit commuters · high23.1%
100/100New York 21.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Traffic deaths · low4.1 /100k
99/100New York 5.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataWestchester County value
Access to exercise opportunities · high99.7%
98/100New York 93.1%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestchester County value
Injury deaths · low45 /100k
98/100New York 64 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestchester County value
Life expectancy · high83.3 yrs
98/100New York 80.4 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestchester County value
Grocery stores · high3.6 /10k
97/100New York 3.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWestchester County value

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high35.5 min
1/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
High school diploma or higher · low83.3%
5/100New York 88.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Home price to income ratio · high6.0×
10/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.476
13/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
High ozone days · high6 days
13/100New York 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWestchester County value
Rent-burdened households · high54.5%
17/100New York 52.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
199,968 (2015-2019) → 209,978 (2020-2024)
+5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.0% (2015-2019) → 92.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
2.8 /1k (2021) → 1.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−58%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$63,849 (2015-2019) → $83,549 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Public transit commutersWorsening
26.9% (2015-2019) → 23.1% (2020-2024)
−3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Child poverty rateImproving
21.9% (2015-2019) → 19.0% (2020-2024)
−2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Yonkers, New York improved on 6 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved6

Broadband+12 points80.0% → 92.0%
Inequality−0.0200.496 → 0.476
Child poverty−2.9 points21.9% → 19.0%
Uninsured−1.1 points8.5% → 7.4%
Household income+31%$63,849 → $83,549

Declined1

Transit use−3.8 points26.9% → 23.1%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Yonkers, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.0 min2015-2019	35.6 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%2015-2019	35.7%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	44%
Broadband subscriptions	80.0%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	69%
Child poverty rate	21.9%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Improved	60%
Effective property tax rate	1.67%2015-2019	1.45%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	62%
High school diploma or higher	82.3%2015-2019	83.3%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Home price to income ratio	6.3×2015-2019	6.0×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4962015-2019	0.4762020-2024	−0.020	Improved	67%
Median household income	$63,8492015-2019	$83,5492020-2024	+31%	Improved	57%
Poverty rate	14.9%2015-2019	13.8%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Public transit commuters	26.9%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Declined	9%
Rent as share of income	33.8%2015-2019	32.7%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	57.0%2015-2019	54.5%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.5%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Improved	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Yonkers, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Yonkers, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Yonkers, New York itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

209,978 residents (±75)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

81,645 households (±1,428)

Yonkers, New York
New York share

Under $25k17%13,803
$25k–50k15%11,968
$50k–75k15%12,016

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

81,645 households (±1,428)

Yonkers, New York
New York share

Own46%37,737
Rent54%43,908

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

100,256 workers (±2,458)

Yonkers, New York
New York share

Drive alone49%49,282
Carpool9.4%9,410
Public transit23%23,166

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Westchester County, the county holding most of Yonkers's residents.

Westchester County has 31,174 employer establishments, 312 for every 10,000 residents (1.26× the US rate of 248; 1.14× New York's), with 389,560 paid employees at an average annual pay of $85,148. The Census Bureau also counts 115,574 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 31,174; 115,574 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 312; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 389,560
Average annual pay: $85,148; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Westchester County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,506	25.1	1.20×About typical	39,837	$69,850	8,193
Specialty trade contractors	2,318	23.2	1.50×More than typical	20,005	$79,851	5,305
Restaurants and other eating places	2,240	22.4	1.22×About typical	26,931	$30,753	527
Lessors of real estate	1,996	20	1.62×More than typical	7,180	$75,856	16,874
Construction of buildings	1,374	13.8	1.82×More than typical	6,200	$90,557	2,613
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,237	12.4	1.84×More than typical	8,566	$48,255	4,985
Full-service restaurants	1,065	10.7	1.39×More than typical	15,335	$35,054	286
Personal care services	1,007	10.1	2.11×More than typical	4,422	$27,563	2,693
Management, scientific and technical consulting	957	9.6	1.43×More than typical	6,680	$160,976	6,568
Building equipment contractors	912	9.1	1.52×More than typical	7,699	$84,352	1,002
Legal services	891	8.9	1.66×More than typical	4,832	$113,561	2,641
Landscaping services	847	8.5	2.42×More than typical	3,073	$67,198	1,034

Rank places for an industry Open Westchester County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 998,335 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Yonkers, New York: $15.12 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.2M; −7.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $15.12; US $1,994
Sole-source: 14%; US 30%
Single offer: 45%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$2.5M80%
Department of Veterans Affairs$336.8K11%
U.S. Coast Guard$107.2K3.4%
Department of the Air Force$70.5K2.2%
Department of Housing and Urban Development$58.2K1.8%
Departmental Offices$25.2K0.8%
Department of the Army$23.2K0.7%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$19.6K0.6%

Top recipients

CRESTWOOD TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC$2.7M86%
GREATER METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY BLOOD SERVICE, INC.$336.8K11%
BAYSIDE-LEETEX JV LLC$32.5K1.0%
FEASIBILITY RESEARCH GROUP OHIO LLC$25.7K0.8%
VOICELOVE INC.$25.2K0.8%

Spending by fiscal year

1.8MFY2017
2.6MFY2018
3.4MFY2019
1.3MFY2020
11.4MFY2021
8.1MFY2022
1.3MFY2023
31M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$851.4K27%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$822.5K26%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$336.8K11%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$242.7K7.6%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$236.2K7.4%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$181.1K

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Yonkers, New York

8511714365!RELAY,ELECTROMAGNET$739.9K
CRESTWOOD TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC· Westchester County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 23, 2025· SPE7M126P0916
8511973722!WHEEL,TURBINE,AIRCR$318K
CRESTWOOD TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC· Westchester County, NY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 17, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· SPE4A626PJ549
BLOOD PRODUCTS AND BLOOD COMPONENTS FOR VISN 2 DOWNSTATE PARTICIPATING SITES.$180K
GREATER METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY BLOOD SERVICE, INC.· Westchester County, NY· Health & medical· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· 36C24226N0434

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Yonkers, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Yonkers, New York's figures are part of those of Westchester County, NY ($603.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Yonkers is mostly in Westchester County.

See federal money in Westchester County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Yonkers, New York is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Westchester County90100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ69

Other cities and towns in Westchester County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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