New study names Yonkers the second-worst U.S. city for newlyweds

Where should newlyweds set up their home after the wedding and honeymoon are behind them? According to a new study from the destination wedding resource Destify, it should not be Yonkers.

In a study of 311 cities, Yonkers placed 310th as a place for newlyweds to begin their lives together. Only Antioch, California, was considered a worst place to start a life together as a couple, and Yonkers was the only locality outside of California to place among Destify”™s bottom 10 cities.

The Westchester city was faulted for a $514,200 median home value that is above the national average, coupled with a relatively tight median household income of $62,399 that makes affordable homeownership a scarce commodity. Yonkers also has a relatively low share of newlyweds, with 13.7% of its population identified as recently married.

Tricia Harte, outreach manager on behalf of Destify, said that Yonkers”™ zero score on the site”™s affordability index meant “the cost to support a family with one child was much more expensive than other cities across the U.S.” On the plus side, however, Yonkers could be an ideal place for newlyweds who hate to cook: the city had 154.3 restaurants per 100,000 people.

Destify ranked Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Orlando, Atlanta and Columbia, South Carolina, as its top five cities for living happily ever after.