Fishkill vs Red Hook

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

Fishkill and Red Hook 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 2,119 in Red Hook). Red Hook has the higher median household income ($104,022 vs $94,348 in Fishkill). Red Hook has the higher median home value ($344,300 vs $280,400 in Fishkill).

Population, income & housing

	Fishkill	Red Hook
Population	2,193	2,119
Median age	47.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,348	$104,022
Median home value	$280,400	$344,300
Median gross rent	$2,295	$1,141
Housing units	1,176	1,061
Homeownership rate	38.7%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishkill	Red Hook
Population	2,014 → 2,193 (+8.9%)	1,899 → 2,119 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $94,348 (+19.8%)	$65,850 → $104,022 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$214,100 → $280,400 (+31.0%)	$279,300 → $344,300 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,826 → $2,295 (+25.7%)	$1,032 → $1,141 (+10.6%)

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

Red Hook

Population

1,8992,119

Median household income

$65,850$104,022

Median home value

$279,300$344,300

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishkill	Red Hook
Under 5	4.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.3%	14.3%
75 and over	12.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishkill	Red Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	86.8%
Black or African American	9.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishkill	Red Hook
No high school diploma	9.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	19.7%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishkill	Red Hook
Drove alone	75.2%	67.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	5.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.5%	18.4%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishkill	Red Hook
1-unit, detached	26.7%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	52.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	6.8%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Fishkill	Red Hook
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1976	1981