Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Peekskill has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 50% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #413 of 758 in New York.
Walkability A+: more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns · #68 of 758 in New York.
Household incomes here are higher than in 63% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 37 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Peekskill; the top destination outside it is New York City (28%, 43 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.9 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Peekskill, in brief
What’s behind Peekskill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Peekskill is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #413 of 758 in New York. Job access by car holds Peekskill’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Peekskill could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
28% of working residents work in New York City
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Peekskill clocks in
28% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Peekskill quiets down on a workday
On a workday 9,193 residents head out to work, 1,220 work right here, and 4,539 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Peekskill on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
What the 5,759 jobs in Peekskill are
5,759 jobs are based in Peekskill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peekskill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peekskill, 2013 → 2023: 5,620 → 5,759. 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.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peekskill workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,012 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Peekskill commutes less than 21 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Peekskill is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Peekskill is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #68 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Peekskill near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,405 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 52% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 12.8% of Peekskill households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 11% of Peekskill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Peekskill is 1,066th of 1,576 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Peekskill, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | New Castle NY | 18,259 | $250K | 2.5% | 4.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,064 | Atascadero CA | 29,464 | $91K | 11.4% | 4.6% | 21% | B− |
| 1,065 | Fremont NE | 28,350 | $71K | 11.6% | 4.2% | 43% | B− |
| 1,066 | Peekskill NY | 25,891 | $86K | 11.9% | 6.7% | 12% | B− |
| 1,067 | Juneau AK | 31,609 | $102K | 8.9% | 4.0% | — | B− |
| 1,068 | New Smyrna Beach FL | 33,182 | $84K | 8.2% | 5.2% | 20% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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.
Peekskill and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Cortlandt (9%). Darker towns draw more of Peekskill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peekskill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peekskill | – | B− | A+ | 37 min | $85,954 |
| Cortlandt | 9% | B+ | A+ | 38 min | $140,030 |
| Buchanan | under 2% | A+ | A− | 33 min | $128,218 |
| Stony Point | under 2% | A− | B+ | 35 min | $126,958 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Peekskill: questions
What is the median household income in Peekskill?
$85,954 (±$5,129) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peekskill?
11.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peekskill?
37 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peekskill work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (28%, 43 mi), Cortlandt (9%, 3 mi), Yorktown (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Peekskill walkable?
Peekskill is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Peekskill without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 52% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peekskill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peekskill
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.