Yonkers, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 199,244 (All urban)

Yonkers, New York Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 77,589 (74,351 occupied: 32,115 owner occupied, 42,236 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	57%
State:	47%

Housing density: 4292 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $386,378.

Median contract rent in 2007: $944 (lower quartile is $710, upper quartile is $1,183)

Housing units in Yonkers with a mortgage: 10,730 (845 second mortgage, 1,319 home equity loan, 93 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,082

Yonkers,NY index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $445,700 (it was $214,100 in 2000)

Yonkers:	$445,700
New York:	$311,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $227,700 - $617,000

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $583,140
Here: $583,140
State: $352,556

Townhouses or other attached units: $501,221
Here: $501,221
State: $476,263

In 2-unit structures: $491,566
Here: $491,566
State: $482,362

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $521,839
Here: $521,839
State: $552,553

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $211,373
Here: $211,373
State: $503,284

Median year house/condo built: 1952

Median year apartment built: 1954

Household type by relationship

Households: 193,760

In family households: 165,131 (31,276 male householders, 18,252 female householders)
33,517 spouses, 62,631 children (59,813 natural, 1,238 adopted, 1,580 stepchildren), 3,308 grandchildren, 3,538 brothers or sisters, 2,781 parents, 5,082 other relatives, 4,746 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 28,629 (9,815 male householders (8,103 living alone)), 15,015 female householders (13,596 living alone)), 3,799 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,326 (875 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 18,218 2-persons, 12,042 3-persons, 9,958 4-persons, 5,386 5-persons, 2,348 6-persons, 1,576 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 21,699 1-person, 2,710 2-persons, 288 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons.

27,337 married couples with children.
15,214 single-parent households (2,022 men, 13,192 women).

61.0% of residents of Yonkers speak English at home.
22.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
11.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 51,687 (26.4%)
(43.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.6
State:	3.6

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Yonkers, New York:
	1 room: 200 2 rooms: 513 3 rooms: 3,141 4 rooms: 4,482 5 rooms: 5,109 6 rooms: 6,241 7 rooms: 4,759 8 rooms: 3,325 9 or more rooms: 4,345

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Yonkers, New York:
	1 room: 3,114 2 rooms: 4,636 3 rooms: 11,926 4 rooms: 12,022 5 rooms: 6,892 6 rooms: 2,445 7 rooms: 552 8 rooms: 251 9 or more rooms: 398

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 249
1995 to 1998: 738
1990 to 1994: 1,253
1980 to 1989: 2,769
1970 to 1979: 9,099
1960 to 1969: 13,878
1950 to 1959: 16,873
1940 to 1949: 10,357
1939 or earlier: 22,373

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Yonkers:
	no bedroom: 311 1 bedroom: 4,172 2 bedrooms: 7,603 3 bedrooms: 11,909 4 bedrooms: 5,869 5 or more bedrooms: 2,251

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Yonkers:
	no bedroom: 3,761 1 bedroom: 16,655 2 bedrooms: 14,136 3 bedrooms: 6,557 4 bedrooms: 842 5 or more bedrooms: 285

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Yonkers in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 3,072 1 vehicle: 12,180 2 vehicles: 11,930 3 vehicles: 3,482 4 vehicles: 1,138 5 or more vehicles: 313

Cars and other vehicles available in Yonkers in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 17,040 1 vehicle: 17,150 2 vehicles: 6,717 3 vehicles: 1,045 4 vehicles: 162 5 or more vehicles: 122

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Yonkers, NY:

Less than $10,000: 11
$10,000 to $14,999: 5
$15,000 to $19,999: 5
$20,000 to $24,999: 16
$25,000 to $29,999: 18
$30,000 to $34,999: 14
$35,000 to $39,999: 13
$40,000 to $49,999: 150
$50,000 to $59,999: 205
$60,000 to $69,999: 233
$70,000 to $79,999: 290
$80,000 to $89,999: 381
$90,000 to $99,999: 416
$100,000 to $124,999: 1295
$125,000 to $149,999: 1199
$150,000 to $174,999: 1088
$175,000 to $199,999: 957
$200,000 to $249,999: 1489
$250,000 to $299,999: 1443
$300,000 to $399,999: 4903
$400,000 to $499,999: 6696
$500,000 to $749,999: 9458
$750,000 to $999,999: 2748
$1,000,000 or more: 1238

Yonkers rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Yonkers:

Less than $100: 196 people
$100 to $149: 168
$150 to $199: 393
$200 to $249: 741
$250 to $299: 685
$300 to $349: 552
$350 to $399: 513
$400 to $449: 675
$450 to $499: 790
$500 to $549: 888
$550 to $599: 894
$600 to $649: 991
$650 to $699: 1,206
$700 to $749: 1,844
$750 to $799: 1,687
$800 to $899: 4,098
$900 to $999: 4,172
$1,000 to $1,249: 8,508
$1,250 to $1,499: 3,897
$1,500 to $1,999: 2,764
$2,000 or more: 699
No cash rent: 963

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 8,606 1990 to 1994: 9,356 1985 to 1989: 9,549 1980 to 1984: 6,551 1975 to 1979: 3,272 1970 to 1974: 3,534 1970 to 1974: 3,292 1965 to 1969: 7,527

Yonkers, NY Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 61.8%
Number of people working at home: 1,703 (2.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1020
5 to 9 minutes: 4351
10 to 14 minutes: 9023
15 to 19 minutes: 11675
20 to 24 minutes: 11489
25 to 29 minutes: 4222
30 to 34 minutes: 12273
35 to 39 minutes: 2213
40 to 44 minutes: 3019
45 to 59 minutes: 8422
60 to 89 minutes: 9293
90 or more minutes: 3548

Yonkers mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 47,567 (58%)
Carpooled: 10,039 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 9,912 (12%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 41 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 3,170 (4%)
Railroad: 5,110 (6%)
Ferryboat: 9 (0%)
Taxi: 774 (1%)
Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
Bicycle: 47 (0%)
Walked: 3,449 (4%)
Other means: 424 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,703 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 9176
$10,000 to $14,999: 4793
$15,000 to $19,999: 3976
$20,000 to $24,999: 4336
$25,000 to $29,999: 4263
$30,000 to $34,999: 3765
$35,000 to $39,999: 3626
$40,000 to $44,999: 3429
$45,000 to $49,999: 3190
$50,000 to $59,999: 6125
$60,000 to $74,999: 7322
$75,000 to $99,999: 8753
$100,000 to $124,999: 5265
$125,000 to $149,999: 2448
$150,000 to $199,999: 2066
$200,000 or more: 1825

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 71566

Italian: 34028

Irish: 19840

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 6020

United States or American: 5088

German: 4710

Polish: 4625

Jamaican: 3628

Arab:: 2550

Russian: 2438

Portuguese: 2380

Subsaharan African:: 2148

English: 1869

Ukrainian: 1513

Greek: 1374

Albanian: 1283

African: 1278

Jordanian: 1076

Hungarian: 897

Haitian: 856

Scottish: 811

Arab/Arabic: 811

West Indian: 715

French (except Basque): 714

Scotch-Irish: 655

Slovak: 607

Austrian: 451

Czechoslovakian: 366

European: 364

Ghanian: 363

Swedish: 352

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 332

Romanian: 329

Yugoslavian: 320

Dutch: 307

Guyanese: 306

Czech: 282

Norwegian: 276

Eastern European: 260

Iranian: 225

British: 221

British West Indian: 207

Egyptian: 183

Lithuanian: 183

Canadian: 183

Armenian: 174

French Canadian: 174

Barbadian: 149

Palestinian: 146

Slavic: 140

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 132

Lebanese: 129

Cape Verdean: 125

Nigerian: 123

Brazilian: 111

Welsh: 108

Syrian: 102

Turkish: 97

Finnish: 92

Other Subsaharan African: 87

Belgian: 83

Cypriot: 73

Latvian: 62

Other Arab: 59

Belizean: 56

Croatian: 50

Moroccan: 44

Maltese: 42

Australian: 42

Danish: 40

Dutch West Indian: 34

Liberian: 33

Sierra Leonean: 33

Israeli: 32

Swiss: 31

South African: 31

Northern European: 30

Zimbabwean: 24

Ethiopian: 23

Bulgarian: 23

Bahamian: 23

Scandinavian: 22

Icelander: 20

Celtic: 17

Kenyan: 16

Bermudan: 14

New Zealander: 13

Senegalese: 12

Pennsylvania German: 12

Slovene: 11

Carpatho Rusyn: 8

Estonian: 7

Serbian: 6

U.S. Virgin Islander: 6

Basque: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Dominican Republic (12%)
Mexico (8%)
Italy (8%)
India (6%)
Jamaica (6%)
Ireland (6%)
Ecuador (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 122449
Northeast: 5079
Midwest: 1654
South: 6291
West: 1221

64% of Yonkers residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,360
Nursery to 4th grade: 733
5th and 6th grade: 1,599
7th and 8th grade: 1,942
9th grade: 1,348
10th grade: 1,809
11th grade: 1,755
12th grade, no diploma: 3,474
High school graduate (or equivalency): 16,660
Less than 1 year of college: 3,292
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,108
Associate degree: 2,827
Bachelor's degree: 9,347
Master's degree: 3,771
Professional school degree: 1,857
Doctorate degree: 685

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,324
Nursery to 4th grade: 922
5th and 6th grade: 2,185
7th and 8th grade: 2,433
9th grade: 1,615
10th grade: 2,000
11th grade: 2,095
12th grade, no diploma: 4,065
High school graduate (or equivalency): 21,949
Less than 1 year of college: 4,255
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,936
Associate degree: 4,352
Bachelor's degree: 9,795
Master's degree: 5,770
Professional school degree: 1,105
Doctorate degree: 381

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 9.5%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 22.8%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.5%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 2.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 13.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 10.5%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 8.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $66,567
Black householders: $43,302
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $22,912
Asian householders: $76,904
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $71,191
Some other race householders: $40,602
Two or more races householders: $70,307
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $39,605

Yonkers household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Yonkers household income for Black householders

Yonkers household income for Asian householders

Yonkers household income for Some other race householders

Yonkers household income for Two or more races householders

Yonkers household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Yonkers marital status for males

Yonkers marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $502,947
Black or African American householders: $428,837
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $395,321
Asian householders: $499,617
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $390,325
Some other race householders: $475,052
Two or more races householders: $501,282
Hispanic or Latino householders: $484,836

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 18,798
One, attached: 2,348
Two: 8,597
3 or 4: 8,898
5 to 9: 6,425
10 to 19: 4,297
20 to 49: 8,322
50 or more: 19,890
Mobile homes: 14

Median worth of mobile homes: $338,256

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Yonkers:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (57%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%) Electricity (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%) Utility gas (37%) Electricity (12%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,887

Here:	22.5%
New York:	14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,418

Here:	22.7%
New York:	13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5,011

Here:	50.7%
New York:	38.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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