Fishkill, NY real estate and demographic information

About Fishkill

Fishkill is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,176 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Fishkill is the 547th largest community in New York.

Unlike some villages, Fishkill isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fishkill are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fishkill is a village of professionals, sales and office workers and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fishkill who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), sales jobs (10.09%) and management occupations (8.82%).

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.

In addition, Fishkill is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Fishkill is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Fishkill’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Fishkill Information and Demographics

The education level of Fishkill citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.05% of adults in Fishkill have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fishkill in 2010 was $40,872, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $163,488 for a family of four. However, Fishkill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fishkill is a very 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 Asian. Fishkill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.87% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fishkill include Italian, Irish, German, British, Scots-Irish and English.

In addition, Fishkill has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.91%).

The languages spoken by people in Fishkill are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Fishkill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Korean and Japanese.