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Elevation of Yonkers

85ft

above sea level · 26 m

Yonkers is a city in New York with 212,603 people, the 3rd most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 66th lowest.

By the Mapsfera Team

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Place facts

Coordinates
40.93° N · 73.90° W
In degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 55′ 52″ N · 73° 53′ 55″ W
UTM coordinates
18T · 592,714 E · 4,531,705 N
Zone 18 · NAD83, the official US datum
County
Westchester County
Where the city’s reference point falls
State
New York
NY · capital: Albany
Time zone
Eastern Time
UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
Population (2025)
212,603 people
18.0 sq mi of land · 11,805 people/sq mi
Elevation model
USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
Lidar from August 2020: the ground height at the city’s reference point.

Population

Yonkers had 212,603 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, about the same as in April 2020 (211,586). Its 18.0 sq mi of land work out to 11,805 people/sq mi; the state average is 424 people/sq mi.

It’s the 3rd most populous of the 1,291 places the Census counts in New York (cities, towns and CDPs), after New York (8,584,629), and holds 1.1% of the state’s population.

It lies entirely within Westchester County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.9 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.

Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000

Yonkers sits at 85 ft (26 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Yonkers is 777 ft below it.

The state capital, Albany, is 119 mi away in a straight line and 58 ft higher than Yonkers.

The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is New York, 16 mi away in a straight line and 50 ft lower.

Of the 6 cities in New York with a page, Yonkers is the 2nd lowest. The others are Buffalo (602 ft), Rochester (504 ft), Syracuse (400 ft), Albany (143 ft), and New York (35 ft).

The highest point in New York is Mount Marcy, at 5,344 ft according to the USGS: 5,259 ft above Yonkers, 220 mi away in a straight line.

  1. 182 Bellevue 86 ft
  2. 183 Torrance 86 ft
  3. 184 Yonkers 85 ft
  4. 185 Everett 84 ft
  5. 186 Paterson 84 ft

Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list

Nearest cities with a page

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Frequently asked questions

What people most often ask about the elevation of Yonkers.

What is the elevation of Yonkers?

Yonkers is 85 feet (26 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.

What are the coordinates of Yonkers?

Latitude 40.93121 and longitude -73.89875, in decimal degrees (40° 55′ 52″ N · 73° 53′ 55″ W). In UTM, zone 18: 592,714 E and 4,531,705 N, on NAD83.

How does Yonkers rank among the highest US cities of its size?

It’s the 66th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).

What county is Yonkers in?

Westchester County, New York.

Which is higher, Yonkers or Albany?

Albany. Yonkers sits at 85 ft and Albany at 143 ft: a difference of 58 ft, 119 mi apart in a straight line.

How is elevation measured?

Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.

Sources

  • USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
  • USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
  • TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
  • timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
  • Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).

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