Yorktown Heights is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,884 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Yorktown Heights is the 615th largest community in New York.

Yorktown Heights home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Yorktown Heights real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, Yorktown Heights is also a town of artists. Yorktown Heights has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Yorktown Heights’s character.

Also of interest is that Yorktown Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.12% 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.

Because of many things, Yorktown Heights is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Yorktown Heights really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Yorktown Heights perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Yorktown Heights, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.51 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Even though Yorktown Heights is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

If knowledge is power, Yorktown Heights is a pretty powerful place. 57.05% of the adults in Yorktown Heights have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Yorktown Heights in 2022 was $56,530, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $226,120 for a family of four. However, Yorktown Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Yorktown Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Yorktown Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yorktown Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Yorktown Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.97% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Yorktown Heights include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Yorktown Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.