Yonkers, New York demographics

Yonkers, NY demographics: median age 39.9; 35.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Yonkers city, New York · Incorporated city · GEOID 3684000. The survey estimates a population of 209,978 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Yonkers is 39.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.8 years. There are 81,645 households (±1,428). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	39.9 ±0.8	39.8 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 209,978
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
Under 18	41,238 ±1,795	19.6% ±0.9 pp	20.5%	22.0%
18–34	50,079 ±2,010	23.8% ±1.0 pp	23.1%	22.8%
35–64	81,743 ±2,409	38.9% ±1.1 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	36,918 ±1,517	17.6% ±0.7 pp	17.9%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 209,978
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
Male	101,564 ±1,547	48.4% ±0.7 pp	48.8%	49.5%
Female	108,414 ±1,547	51.6% ±0.7 pp	51.2%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 209,978
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
White alone	72,707 ±2,740	34.6% ±1.3 pp	55.2%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	35,111 ±2,497	16.7% ±1.2 pp	14.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,209 ±732	1.1% ±0.3 pp	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	11,444 ±1,279	5.5% ±0.6 pp	9.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	17 ±44 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	50,830 ±3,147	24.2% ±1.5 pp	10.4%	7.1%
Two or more races	37,660 ±2,810	17.9% ±1.3 pp	10.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 209,978
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	115,076 ±3,132	54.8% ±1.5 pp	80.2%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	94,902 ±3,132	45.2% ±1.5 pp	19.8%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 81,645
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
Married-couple family	32,235 ±1,329	39.5% ±1.5 pp	42.5%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	4,758 ±726	5.8% ±0.9 pp	5.2%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	14,731 ±952	18.0% ±1.1 pp	13.7%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	25,358 ±1,719	31.1% ±2.0 pp	31.1%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	4,563 ±665	5.6% ±0.8 pp	7.6%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 81,645
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
Households with people under 18	23,669 ±979	29.0% ±1.1 pp	27.3%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	57,976 ±1,759	71.0% ±1.8 pp	72.7%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 81,645
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	25,358 ±1,719	31.1% ±2.0 pp	31.1%	28.7%
Two-person households	22,442 ±1,359	27.5% ±1.6 pp	31.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	14,250 ±990	17.5% ±1.2 pp	15.5%	15.3%
Four-person households	10,551 ±995	12.9% ±1.2 pp	12.4%	12.6%
Five-person households	5,185 ±650	6.4% ±0.8 pp	5.6%	5.9%
Six-person households	2,696 ±641	3.3% ±0.8 pp	2.2%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,163 ±296	1.4% ±0.4 pp	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 209,978
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
Native	140,566 ±2,548	66.9% ±1.2 pp	77.2%	85.9%
Foreign born	69,412 ±2,545	33.1% ±1.2 pp	22.8%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 197,853
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
English only	98,322 ±3,035	49.7% ±1.5 pp	69.1%	77.7%
Spanish	71,326 ±2,811	36.0% ±1.4 pp	14.8%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1,660 ±500	0.8% ±0.3 pp	1.5%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	629 ±254	0.3% ±0.1 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	2,621 ±728	1.3% ±0.4 pp	2.0%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	10,756 ±1,435	5.4% ±0.7 pp	4.0%	2.0%
Korean	405 ±153	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.5%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	1,193 ±439	0.6% ±0.2 pp	3.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±32 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	2,285 ±514	1.2% ±0.3 pp	0.4%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	3,487 ±699	1.8% ±0.4 pp	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	2,259 ±775	1.1% ±0.4 pp	0.7%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	2,910 ±671	1.5% ±0.3 pp	1.3%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 149,063
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	24,822 ±1,619	16.7% ±1.1 pp	12.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	37,443 ±1,851	25.1% ±1.2 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	23,151 ±1,348	15.5% ±0.9 pp	14.6%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	10,434 ±994	7.0% ±0.7 pp	8.8%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	29,798 ±1,465	20.0% ±1.0 pp	22.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23,415 ±1,431	15.7% ±0.9 pp	17.9%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 207,117
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New York	U.S.
Same house	187,061 ±1,816	90.3% ±0.8 pp	90.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	8,873 ±1,387	4.3% ±0.7 pp	5.1%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	7,527 ±1,387	3.6% ±0.7 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	2,137 ±505	1.0% ±0.2 pp	1.5%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,519 ±488	0.7% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

6.3% of Yonkers residents (±0.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 5.1% in New York and 8.4% nationally. 92.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Yonkers	New York	U.S.	Compared with New York
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	6.3% ±0.6 pp	5.1%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.0% ±2.2 pp	90.8%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.1% ±0.3 pp	3.7%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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