Mount Vernon vs Yonkers

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Vernon and Yonkers: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Yonkers has the higher population (209,529 vs 72,528 in Mount Vernon). Yonkers has the higher median household income ($81,816 vs $77,171 in Mount Vernon). Yonkers has the higher median home value ($478,000 vs $449,600 in Mount Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vernon	Yonkers
Population	72,528	209,529
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,171	$81,816
Median home value	$449,600	$478,000
Median gross rent	$1,546	$1,730
Housing units	30,890	83,851
Homeownership rate	42.1%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vernon	Yonkers
Population	67,896 → 72,528 (+6.8%)	199,968 → 209,529 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$59,907 → $77,171 (+28.8%)	$63,849 → $81,816 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$362,200 → $449,600 (+24.1%)	$403,900 → $478,000 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,546 (+13.4%)	$1,383 → $1,730 (+25.1%)

Mount Vernon

Population

67,89672,528

Median household income

$59,907$77,171

Median home value

$362,200$449,600

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,546

Yonkers

Population

199,968209,529

Median household income

$63,849$81,816

Median home value

$403,900$478,000

Median gross rent

$1,383$1,730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Vernon	Yonkers
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.4%
75 and over	8.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vernon	Yonkers
White (non-Hispanic)	14.8%	31.6%
Black or African American	58.0%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	44.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vernon	Yonkers
No high school diploma	15.4%	16.3%
High school graduate	23.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vernon	Yonkers
Drove alone	48.3%	49.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.4%
Public transit	27.8%	23.0%
Walked	4.5%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.1%	10.5%
Other means	3.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vernon	Yonkers
1-unit, detached	26.1%	24.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	13.0%
20 or more units	33.8%	38.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vernon	Yonkers
Poverty rate	13.6%	14.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	36	35
Median year structure built	1952	1958