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Fishkill, NY
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Fishkill profile


Living in Fishkill



Fishkill is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,156 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Fishkill is the 568th largest community in New York.

Also of interest is that Fishkill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Fishkill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.77% 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.

In Fishkill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Fishkill ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fishkill, 44.49% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Fishkill in 2018 was $49,671, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $198,684 for a family of four. However, Fishkill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fishkill is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Fishkill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fishkill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fishkill include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Fishkill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.