The education level of Fishkill ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fishkill, 46.27% 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 $53,415, 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 $213,660 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 Black or African-American. Fishkill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.89% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fishkill include Italian, Irish, German, English, and European.
The most common language spoken in Fishkill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
