Work & commute · Fishkill

Work & commute in Fishkill, NY

Most working residents leave Fishkill for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (15%), Fishkill (10%) and Poughkeepsie (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 1,011 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 959 Fishkill residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 2,904 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fishkill.

959live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

2,904work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fishkill goes to work

New York60.2 mi away

15%156

Fishkill2 mi away

10%105

Poughkeepsie9.2 mi away

7%73

Wappinger3.7 mi away

6%62

East Fishkill6.1 mi away

5%52

Poughkeepsie11.2 mi away

4%45

Carmel13.4 mi away

2%24

Cortlandt19.6 mi away

2%22

Beacon4.3 mi away

2%20

Greenburgh34.9 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%435

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%

29%

15%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fishkill is a job hub

2.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fishkill are

2,956 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

2,956 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Fishkill residents hold

1,011 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+30%

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.

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.