Yonkers is a relatively large city located in the state of New York. With a population of 207,657 people and 58 associated neighborhoods, Yonkers is the seventh largest community in New York.

Housing costs in Yonkers are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New York.

A relatively large number of people in Yonkers telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.51% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Yonkers, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Yonkers is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Yonkers a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One downside of living in Yonkers is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Yonkers, the average commute to work is 33.86 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Yonkers is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Yonkers, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The citizens of Yonkers are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.17% of adults in Yonkers have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Yonkers in 2022 was $42,770, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,080 for a family of four. However, Yonkers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Yonkers is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Yonkers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Yonkers, accounting for 44.41% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Yonkers residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Yonkers include Italian, Irish, German, Jamaican, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Yonkers's cultural character, accounting for 32.64% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Yonkers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.