Fishkill is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,141 people and five associated neighborhoods, Fishkill is the 568th largest community in New York.
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.
A relatively large number of people in Fishkill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.51% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
The citizens of Fishkill are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.90% of adults in Fishkill have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Fishkill in 2022 was $55,356, 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 $221,424 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 10.90% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fishkill include Italian, Irish, German, Norwegian, and European.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Fishkill's cultural character, accounting for 17.46% of the village’s population.
The most common language spoken in Fishkill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.