($778) Movers From Harrisburg, PA to Yonkers, NY

What to know before moving from Harrisburg to Yonkers

Moving from Harrisburg to Yonkers comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Yonkers is generally more expensive than Harrisburg, it’s important to plan ahead and budget carefully for the change.

Check out how the two cities compare so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Yonkers are 125% higher than in Harrisburg, which means you’ll have less money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Harrisburg.
  Home prices in Yonkers are 179.2% higher than in Harrisburg.
• Income in Yonkers is 5.4% higher than in Harrisburg, so you could earn more for doing the same job. The top employers in Yonkers include Leake and Watts Services, Yonkers Contracting, and St. John's Riverside Hospital.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Yonkers, since the cost of living for a single person in Yonkers is 65.0% higher than in Harrisburg. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• If you’re moving your family to Yonkers, keep in mind that your living expenses could increase. The cost of living for a family in Yonkers is 83.3% higher than in Harrisburg.
• The unemployment rate in Yonkers is 43.28% lower than in Harrisburg.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Yonkers, since the city’s sales taxes in Yonkers are 48.00% higher than in Harrisburg.
• State income taxes in Yonkers are 255.05% higher than in Harrisburg.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $4,948.62 in Yonkers to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Harrisburg.

How life is different in Harrisburg vs. Yonkers

• The population of Yonkers is about 322% greater than Harrisburg, so you may find more to see and do in your new surroundings. Of course, with more people can also come increased competition for jobs and housing.
• Yonkers offers better access to buses and trains than Harrisburg, based on public transportation ratings. Yonkers has a transit score of 8 out of 10 compared to 6 in Harrisburg. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find Yonkers to be about as walkable as Harrisburg. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 69 and 68 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• You probably won’t see as many cycling lanes or off-road trails in Yonkers, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than Harrisburg. While Harrisburg has a bike-friendliness score of 57 out of 100, Yonkers earned a 37. Scores are based on factors like whether a city accommodates cyclists on major roadways, how often people bike to work, and how many steep hills it has.
• Yonkers has a lower crime rate than Harrisburg based on scores of 28.34 and Harrisburg's 64.18, respectively. The crime index shows how safe a city is perceived to be. So, a lower score generally means less crime.
• You might find more confidence in your overall safety in Yonkers than in Harrisburg, based on Yonkers’s safety index of 71.66 versus 35.82 for Harrisburg. With this index, higher scores indicate more safety, particularly around how comfortable residents feel walking alone during the day and at night.
• You can breathe easy knowing that Yonkers has better air quality than in Harrisburg. Yonkers has Good air quality, compared to moderate in Harrisburg. Ratings of good to moderate mean very low risk of health concerns, although people with conditions like asthma or allergies could be affected. Beyond the moderate rating, health concerns increase for some or all residents.