Katonah vs Yorktown Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Katonah and Yorktown Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Katonah and Yorktown Heights are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yorktown Heights has the higher population (2,038 vs 2,016 in Katonah). Katonah has the higher median household income ($201,806 vs $138,750 in Yorktown Heights). Katonah has the higher median home value ($710,700 vs $600,800 in Yorktown Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Katonah	Yorktown Heights
Population	2,016	2,038
Median age	37.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$201,806	$138,750
Median home value	$710,700	$600,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	698	718
Homeownership rate	72.4%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.5%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Katonah	Yorktown Heights
Population	1,761 → 2,016 (+14.5%)	1,393 → 2,038 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$173,942 → $201,806 (+16.0%)	$52,301 → $138,750 (+165.3%)
Median home value	$731,900 → $710,700 (-2.9%)	$406,500 → $600,800 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,992 → $3,501 (+75.8%)	—

Katonah

Population

1,7612,016

Median household income

$173,942$201,806

Median home value

$731,900$710,700

Median gross rent

$1,992$3,501

Yorktown Heights

Population

1,3932,038

Median household income

$52,301$138,750

Median home value

$406,500$600,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Katonah	Yorktown Heights
Under 5	12.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	17.8%
75 and over	4.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Katonah	Yorktown Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Katonah	Yorktown Heights
No high school diploma	1.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	7.8%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	42.0%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Katonah	Yorktown Heights
Drove alone	54.8%	57.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	10.5%
Public transit	5.8%	8.6%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	17.1%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Katonah	Yorktown Heights
1-unit, detached	85.7%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Katonah	Yorktown Heights
Poverty rate	13.5%	13.3%
Average household size	3.01	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1946	1953