Port Chester vs Yonkers

A side-by-side comparison of Port Chester and Yonkers: population, income, housing, and more.

Port Chester 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 31,162 in Port Chester). Port Chester has the higher median household income ($99,916 vs $81,816 in Yonkers). Port Chester has the higher median home value ($563,900 vs $478,000 in Yonkers).

Population, income & housing

	Port Chester	Yonkers
Population	31,162	209,529
Median age	38.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,916	$81,816
Median home value	$563,900	$478,000
Median gross rent	$1,922	$1,730
Housing units	10,905	83,851
Homeownership rate	46.6%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Chester	Yonkers
Population	29,342 → 31,162 (+6.2%)	199,968 → 209,529 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$74,920 → $99,916 (+33.4%)	$63,849 → $81,816 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$446,900 → $563,900 (+26.2%)	$403,900 → $478,000 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,598 → $1,922 (+20.3%)	$1,383 → $1,730 (+25.1%)

Port Chester

Population

29,34231,162

Median household income

$74,920$99,916

Median home value

$446,900$563,900

Median gross rent

$1,598$1,922

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)

	Port Chester	Yonkers
Under 5	6.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.4%
75 and over	5.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Chester	Yonkers
White (non-Hispanic)	28.9%	31.6%
Black or African American	6.9%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	59.7%	44.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Chester	Yonkers
No high school diploma	21.5%	16.3%
High school graduate	24.0%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Chester	Yonkers
Drove alone	56.4%	49.6%
Carpooled	11.5%	9.4%
Public transit	10.1%	23.0%
Walked	7.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.5%
Other means	4.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Chester	Yonkers
1-unit, detached	23.5%	24.5%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	13.0%
20 or more units	25.6%	38.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Port Chester	Yonkers
Poverty rate	12.0%	14.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1955	1958