Cities / New York / Yonkers

Yonkers, NY

209,978 people

Right Now

Weather

78.8°F

Mostly Cloudy

Today: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, high 83°F

Air Quality (OZONE, New York City Region)

Good

Nearest reporting area, 6.9 mi away. Preliminary and may be revised. Source: EPA AirNow.

Active Weather Alerts

Nearest Major Airport

LGA

11 mi — LaGuardia Airport

Population & People

Population

209,978

Median age

39.9

Median household income

$83,549

Poverty rate

13.8%

Unemployment rate

7.1%

Bachelor's degree+

35.7%

Avg. commute

31 min

Hispanic or Latino

45.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Housing & Rent

Median home value

$501,600

Median gross rent

$1,784/mo

Homeownership rate

46.22%

HUD FMR — 2 bedroom

$2,910

HUD Fair Market Rent (Bronx County, 7 mi from Yonkers), 2026. Efficiency $2529, 1BR $2655, 2BR $2910, 3BR $3644, 4BR $3959. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.

Energy

New York gasoline midgrade

$4.53

New York commercial electricity

21.07¢/kWh

New York industrial electricity

9.55¢/kWh

New York residential electricity

26.39¢/kWh

Economy

Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

2467674

Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

1894269.6

All-Transactions House Price Index for New York

1157.14

Unemployment Rate

4.6%

Source: FRED, New York-specific series.

Nearby Airports

John F. Kennedy International Airport

21 mi away

EWR

Newark Liberty International Airport

22 mi away

Sources & Data: National Weather Service (weather, alerts), EPA AirNow (air quality), U.S. Census Bureau (population, housing), HUD (Fair Market Rent), U.S. Energy Information Administration (New York energy prices), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (New York economic indicators), OurAirports (airport directory).