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Poughkeepsie, NY
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Poughkeepsie profile


Living in Poughkeepsie



Poughkeepsie is a medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 32,010 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Poughkeepsie is the 44th largest community in New York. Poughkeepsie has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

A lot of people in Poughkeepsie take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Poughkeepsie, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.

The education level of Poughkeepsie citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.57% of adults in Poughkeepsie have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Poughkeepsie in 2018 was $39,364, which is upper middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,456 for a family of four. However, Poughkeepsie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Poughkeepsie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Poughkeepsie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Poughkeepsie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Poughkeepsie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.71% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Poughkeepsie include Italian, Irish, German, Jamaican, and English.

Poughkeepsie also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.79%.

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