Yonkers is a relatively large city located in the state of New York. With a population of 207,657 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Yonkers is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Yonkers is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yonkers who work in office and administrative support (11.80%), management occupations (10.55%), and sales jobs (8.99%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.51% 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 33.86 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. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Yonkers use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Yonkers‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.The citizens of Yonkers are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.17% of adults in Yonkers have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Yonkers in 2022 was $42,770, 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 $171,080 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 44.41% 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Yonkers's cultural character, accounting for 32.64% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Yonkers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
