Fishkill vs Pawling

A side-by-side comparison of Fishkill and Pawling: population, income, housing, and more.

Fishkill and Pawling are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fishkill has the higher population (2,193 vs 2,006 in Pawling). Fishkill has the higher median household income ($94,348 vs $85,405 in Pawling). Pawling has the higher median home value ($352,900 vs $280,400 in Fishkill).

Population, income & housing

	Fishkill	Pawling
Population	2,193	2,006
Median age	47.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,348	$85,405
Median home value	$280,400	$352,900
Median gross rent	$2,295	$1,310
Housing units	1,176	931
Homeownership rate	38.7%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishkill	Pawling
Population	2,014 → 2,193 (+8.9%)	2,029 → 2,006 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $94,348 (+19.8%)	$73,938 → $85,405 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$214,100 → $280,400 (+31.0%)	$276,100 → $352,900 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,826 → $2,295 (+25.7%)	$906 → $1,310 (+44.6%)

Fishkill

Population

2,0142,193

Median household income

$78,750$94,348

Median home value

$214,100$280,400

Median gross rent

$1,826$2,295

Pawling

Population

2,0292,006

Median household income

$73,938$85,405

Median home value

$276,100$352,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishkill	Pawling
Under 5	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	10.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	19.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	15.3%	10.3%
75 and over	12.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishkill	Pawling
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	71.2%
Black or African American	9.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishkill	Pawling
No high school diploma	9.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	19.7%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishkill	Pawling
Drove alone	75.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	1.6%
Public transit	0.5%	4.4%
Walked	5.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	16.3%
Other means	5.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishkill	Pawling
1-unit, detached	26.7%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	52.9%	12.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fishkill	Pawling
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.7%
Average household size	1.88	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1976	1956