White Plains vs Yonkers

A side-by-side comparison of White Plains and Yonkers: population, income, housing, and more.

White Plains 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 59,818 in White Plains). White Plains has the higher median household income ($115,586 vs $81,816 in Yonkers). White Plains has the higher median home value ($624,100 vs $478,000 in Yonkers).

Population, income & housing

	White Plains	Yonkers
Population	59,818	209,529
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$115,586	$81,816
Median home value	$624,100	$478,000
Median gross rent	$2,151	$1,730
Housing units	26,357	83,851
Homeownership rate	52.4%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.3%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	White Plains	Yonkers
Population	58,137 → 59,818 (+2.9%)	199,968 → 209,529 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$90,427 → $115,586 (+27.8%)	$63,849 → $81,816 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$568,400 → $624,100 (+9.8%)	$403,900 → $478,000 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,701 → $2,151 (+26.5%)	$1,383 → $1,730 (+25.1%)

White Plains

Population

58,13759,818

Median household income

$90,427$115,586

Median home value

$568,400$624,100

Median gross rent

$1,701$2,151

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)

	White Plains	Yonkers
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.4%
75 and over	9.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	White Plains	Yonkers
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	31.6%
Black or African American	11.4%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	8.3%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	44.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	White Plains	Yonkers
No high school diploma	10.8%	16.3%
High school graduate	18.0%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28.9%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	White Plains	Yonkers
Drove alone	49.9%	49.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.4%
Public transit	12.6%	23.0%
Walked	7.2%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.7%	10.5%
Other means	2.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	White Plains	Yonkers
1-unit, detached	28.3%	24.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	13.0%
20 or more units	49.5%	38.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	White Plains	Yonkers
Poverty rate	10.9%	14.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1960	1958