Photo: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller) · CC BY-SA 3.0Fishkill’s household incomes are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 7.7% of residents; New York has 14.0%. The two grades for Fishkill are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Fishkill; the top destination outside it is New York City (17%, 59 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fishkill, in brief
Fishkill trades workers with the towns around it
Fishkill has about as many jobs (8,346) as working residents (9,485), but they are mostly different people: 8,672 residents leave for work each day while 7,533 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Fishkill are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fishkill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fishkill is New York City, 59 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (1,593) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Fishkill’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fishkill is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #300 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Fishkill’s grade up ($101,423, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fishkill could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Fishkill
On a workday 8,672 residents head out to work, 813 work right here, and 7,533 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Fishkill’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Fishkill goes to work
Where Fishkill clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Fishkill: what the 8,346 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fishkill, 2013 → 2023: 8,211 → 8,346. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fishkill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes each way for Fishkill’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fishkill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,814 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
For most of Fishkill, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fishkill is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #355 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,061 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 5% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Fishkill households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Fishkill’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fishkill is 898th of 1,712 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 896 | White Oak OH | 19,216 | $70K | 8.2% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 897 | Ammon ID | 20,119 | $86K | 5.4% | 5.1% | 10% | B |
| 898 | Fishkill NY | 22,937 | $101K | 7.7% | 6.0% | 9% | B |
| 899 | Ashwaubenon WI | 17,398 | $70K | 11.6% | 2.8% | 21% | B |
| 900 | Snellville GA | 22,478 | $90K | 8.9% | 5.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fishkill, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Fishkill’s workers
The biggest share goes to Wappinger (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fishkill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishkill | – | B | B+ | 36 min | $101,423 |
| East Fishkill | 4% | A− | B− | 36 min | $138,543 |
| Philipstown | under 2% | A− | A | 40 min | $140,557 |
| Newburgh | 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Wappinger | 6% | A− | B | 28 min | $95,234 |
| Newburgh | under 2% | C− | A+ | 26 min | $56,960 |
| New Windsor | under 2% | B | A− | 37 min | $95,071 |
| Cornwall | under 2% | A− | A− | 31 min | $114,635 |
Same-state neighbors only. Newburgh: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fishkill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fishkill: questions
What is the median household income in Fishkill?
$101,423 (±$8,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fishkill?
7.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fishkill?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fishkill work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (17%, 59 mi), Wappinger (6%, 5 mi), Poughkeepsie (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fishkill walkable?
Fishkill is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fishkill without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fishkill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fishkill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.