Peekskill is a medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 25,514 people and five associated neighborhoods, Peekskill is the 69th largest community in New York. Peekskill has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

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

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.33% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One downside of living in Peekskill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.64 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Peekskill use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Peekskill‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

The citizens of Peekskill are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.07% of adults in Peekskill have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Peekskill in 2018 was $46,211, 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 $184,844 for a family of four. However, Peekskill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Peekskill is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Peekskill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Peekskill, accounting for 41.25% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Peekskill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Peekskill include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Jamaican.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Peekskill's cultural character, accounting for 26.98% of the city’s population.

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