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 an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.33% 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 Peekskill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.64 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.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Peekskill is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Peekskill, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The population of Peekskill is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.07% of adults in Peekskill have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Peekskill in 2022 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.

Peekskill also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.98%.

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