Mount Kisco is a medium-sized village located in the state of New York. With a population of 10,567 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Kisco is the 172nd largest community in New York.

Mount Kisco home prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, but Mount Kisco real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, Mount Kisco is also a village of artists. Mount Kisco has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mount Kisco’s character.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.73% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Mount Kisco, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.40 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Even though Mount Kisco is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Mount Kisco, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Mount Kisco is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 51.73% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Mount Kisco in 2022 was $51,593, 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 $206,372 for a family of four. However, Mount Kisco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mount Kisco is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Mount Kisco home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Kisco residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mount Kisco also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.54% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Kisco include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

Mount Kisco also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.45%.

The most common language spoken in Mount Kisco is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.