Yonkers, New York
Cost of living, housing, income, commute, climate, and safety — compiled for relocators researching Yonkers.
Key figures
Each metric shows how Yonkers compares with the U.S. baseline (ACS/BLS nationals where available; catalog-city averages for crime, climate, and commute). Income, housing, population, and crime are for the incorporated city (city limits), not the broader metro/MSA — unemployment is county-level (BLS LAUS).
- Population
- 209,529City limits · not metro/MSA
- Median household income
- $81,816Incorporated place (ACS)Near U.S. avg ($78,538)U.S. $78,538
- Housing cost index
- 143ACS home+rent vs U.S. (100 = avg)43% above U.S. avgU.S. 100
- Median home value
- $478,000City limits (ACS)58% above U.S. avgU.S. $303,400
- Median rent
- $1,730City limits (ACS)28% above U.S. avgU.S. $1,348
- Unemployment
- 3.6%County LAUS · not city-onlyNear U.S. avg (4.2 pts)U.S. 4.2 pts
- Avg commute
- 38 min52% above U.S. avgU.S. 25 min
- Walk Score
- 6851% above U.S. avgU.S. 45
- Violent crime rate
- 353.9annualized per 100k · citywide41% below U.S. avgU.S. 602.7
- Property crime rate
- 912.7annualized per 100k · citywide70% below U.S. avgU.S. 3084.9
- Summer high
- 85°F2.0°F below U.S. avgU.S. 87°F
- Winter low
- 28°F6.0°F below U.S. avgU.S. 34°F
- Annual rainfall
- 46.3 in41% above U.S. avgU.S. 32.9 in
- Sunny days
- 23910% below U.S. avgU.S. 266
Compare Yonkers with another city
Yonkers (pop. 209,529) sits in New York. Median household income is roughly $81,816, while the ACS housing-cost index sits near 143 — well above the national housing-cost baseline (100 ≈ U.S. average). Ownership is a high bar — typical values near $478,000 push many newcomers toward renting first.
Yonkers is compact enough that a single wrong neighborhood choice is easy to feel day to day — visit at commute hour before signing. Figures on this page are merged from Census ACS, BLS LAUS, FBI Crime Data Explorer, and NOAA Climate Normals — use them to compare Yonkers with nearby alternatives before you relocate.
Snow-belt Upstate and transit-heavy downstate markets feel like different worlds. The normals show about 46.3 inches of rain and 239 sunny days across a typical year. Plan on roughly 38 minutes each way for a typical commute; Walk Score is about 68. Unemployment recently ran near 3.6%, broadly in line with many large U.S. counties. Violent-offense rates around 353.9 per 100k are moderate for a large U.S. city, with meaningful variation by neighborhood.
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Sources
- Census / ACS: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-year (Yonkers city, 1600000US3684000)
- BLS: BLS LAUS LAUCN361190000000003 (Westchester County, May 2026)
- Crime: FBI CIUS Table 8 (2019) city offenses known to law enforcement — rates per 100k; CDE API unavailable at enrich time
- Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 Monthly Normals (USW00094741 TETERBORO AP)
Last updated 2026-07-28