Shenorock vs Yorktown Heights

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

Shenorock 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 1,643 in Shenorock). Yorktown Heights has the higher median household income ($138,750 vs $131,250 in Shenorock). Yorktown Heights has the higher median home value ($600,800 vs $450,000 in Shenorock).

Population, income & housing

	Shenorock	Yorktown Heights
Population	1,643	2,038
Median age	44.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$131,250	$138,750
Median home value	$450,000	$600,800
Median gross rent	$2,179	—
Housing units	737	718
Homeownership rate	96.3%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shenorock	Yorktown Heights
Population	2,325 → 1,643 (-29.3%)	1,393 → 2,038 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$106,563 → $131,250 (+23.2%)	$52,301 → $138,750 (+165.3%)
Median home value	$381,000 → $450,000 (+18.1%)	$406,500 → $600,800 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,795 → $2,179 (+21.4%)	—

Shenorock

Population

2,3251,643

Median household income

$106,563$131,250

Median home value

$381,000$450,000

Median gross rent

$1,795$2,179

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)

	Shenorock	Yorktown Heights
Under 5	2.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	12.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	2.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	19.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	19.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	17.8%
75 and over	9.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shenorock	Yorktown Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	65.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shenorock	Yorktown Heights
No high school diploma	4.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	30.2%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shenorock	Yorktown Heights
Drove alone	54.4%	57.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.5%
Public transit	11.4%	8.6%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	17.1%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shenorock	Yorktown Heights
1-unit, detached	83.2%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shenorock	Yorktown Heights
Poverty rate	0.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	42	36
Median year structure built	1952	1953