Yonkers is a relatively large city located in the state of New York. With a population of 208,121 people and 58 associated neighborhoods, Yonkers is the seventh largest community in New York. Housing costs in Yonkers are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.Yonkers is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Yonkers is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yonkers who work in office and administrative support (11.64%), management occupations (9.94%), and sales jobs (8.95%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.26% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Yonkers is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Yonkers, the average commute to work is 33.87 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly city. Many of Yonkers’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Yonkers is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Yonkers area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.The population of Yonkers is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.54% of adults in Yonkers have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Yonkers in 2022 was $42,336, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,344 for a family of four. However, Yonkers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Yonkers is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Yonkers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Yonkers, accounting for 41.59% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Yonkers residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Yonkers include Italian, Irish, German, Jamaican, and Polish. Yonkers also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.02%. The most common language spoken in Yonkers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
