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Cost of living in Yonkers
Housing is more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,730/mo
28% above US
Median home value
$478,000
58% above US
Median household income
$81,816
4% above US
Rent as share of income
25%
US 21%
Home price to income
5.8×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
8.875%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for New York, NY HUD Metro FMR Area (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Yonkers compares
- Yonkers$1,730
- New York$1,576
- United States$1,348
- White Plains$2,151
- North Hempstead$2,276
- Oyster Bay$2,300
- Hempstead$1,649
- Huntington$2,347
- Staten Island$1,689
- Islip$2,192
- Brookhaven$1,908
- Yonkers$478,000
- New York$403,000
- United States$303,400
- White Plains$624,100
- North Hempstead$870,500
- Oyster Bay$634,600
- Hempstead$442,100
- Huntington$733,000
- Staten Island$658,500
- Islip$486,900
- Brookhaven$577,000
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Life in Yonkers
Questions
Is Yonkers expensive to live in?
Housing in Yonkers is more expensive than the national average: median rent is $1,730 (28% above US) and the median home value is $478,000 (58% above US).
How much is rent in Yonkers?
The median gross rent is $1,730 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $2,593, 1 bedroom $2,729, 2 bedrooms $2,971, 3 bedrooms $3,760, 4 bedrooms $4,121.
How much of their income do renters spend in Yonkers?
At the median, a year’s rent ($20,760) equals about 25% of the median household income ($81,816); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Yonkers?
Sales tax is 8.875% and property taxes run about 1.97% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; NYS Dept. of Taxation and Finance, Publication 718 (2/25), Sales and Use Tax Rates by Jurisdiction, effective March 1, 2025.