Poughkeepsie is a medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 31,772 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Poughkeepsie is the 44th largest community in New York. Poughkeepsie has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Also of interest is that Poughkeepsie 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: 8.33% 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.

Poughkeepsie has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Poughkeepsie has quite a high level of public transit users. Poughkeepsie’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.

The overall education level of Poughkeepsie citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.46% of adults in Poughkeepsie have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Poughkeepsie in 2022 was $43,459, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,836 for a family of four. However, Poughkeepsie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Poughkeepsie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Poughkeepsie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Poughkeepsie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Poughkeepsie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Poughkeepsie include Italian, Irish, German, Jamaican, and English.

Poughkeepsie also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.51%.

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