Photo: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller) · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Fishkill (9.5%) is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Fishkill; the top destination outside it is New York City (15%, 60 miles). For jobs and income Fishkill is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−). Measured by household income, Fishkill is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Fishkill apart on work
Fishkill is where the jobs are
Fishkill has 2,956 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,100 people are in town, 91% more than the 2,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Fishkill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fishkill is New York City, 60 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (156) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Fishkill are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fishkill
67% of Fishkill residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Fishkill pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Fishkill’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Fishkill’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income 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.
In and out of Fishkill on a workday
On a workday 959 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 2,904 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Fishkill on a workday afternoon, 91% more than live here.
2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Fishkill
About 25% 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.
The daily trip from Fishkill: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 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 1,043 commuters (the 8% 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.
The 2,956 jobs based in Fishkill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fishkill, 2013 → 2023: 2,277 → 2,956. 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.
Commuting in to Fishkill: where workers come from
Where Fishkill clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
In Fishkill, walking beats the bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,139 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 11.2% of Fishkill households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fishkill’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fishkill is 1,267th of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,265 | Clearfield Township PA | 2,358 | $88K | 8.6% | 2.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,266 | Bradford VT | 2,834 | $108K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 21% | B+ |
| 1,267 | Fishkill NY | 2,147 | $97K | 2.7% | 9.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,268 | Beresford SD | 2,105 | $79K | 5.2% | 1.8% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,269 | Eatonville WA | 2,861 | $115K | 2.8% | 3.2% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Fishkill
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fishkill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishkill | – | B+ | A− | 26 min | $97,045 |
| Merritt Park | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Merritt Park: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. 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?
$97,045 (±$13,456) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fishkill?
2.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fishkill?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fishkill work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (15%, 60 mi), Fishkill (10%, 2 mi), Poughkeepsie (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fishkill walkable?
Fishkill is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fishkill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% 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.