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.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.51% 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.
Fishkill is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 46.90% of adults in Fishkill have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
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.
In addition, Fishkill has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.46%).
The most common language spoken in Fishkill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.