Work & commute · Fishkill

Work & commute in Fishkill, NY

Most working residents leave Fishkill for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New York (17%), Wappinger (6%) and Poughkeepsie (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

813 of 9,485 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,672 Fishkill residents head out of town to work, 813 work right here, and 7,533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fishkill.

8,672live here, work elsewhere

813live and work here

7,533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fishkill goes to work

New York58.9 mi away

17%1,593

Fishkill (in town)right here

9%813

Wappinger5.2 mi away

6%589

Poughkeepsie10.5 mi away

6%551

East Fishkill8 mi away

4%357

Beacon2.3 mi away

4%356

Poughkeepsie12.4 mi away

3%304

Newburgh7.5 mi away

2%201

Cortlandt18.3 mi away

2%188

Yorktown17.8 mi away

2%174

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%4,359

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Fishkill commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

24%

17%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fishkill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fishkill are

8,346 jobs are based in Fishkill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fishkill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fishkill

8,346 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fishkill residents hold

9,485 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+2%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.