Fishkill vs Rhinebeck

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

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

Rhinebeck has the higher population (2,674 vs 2,193 in Fishkill). Fishkill has the higher median household income ($94,348 vs $75,075 in Rhinebeck). Rhinebeck has the higher median home value ($515,600 vs $280,400 in Fishkill).

Population, income & housing

	Fishkill	Rhinebeck
Population	2,193	2,674
Median age	47.5 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,348	$75,075
Median home value	$280,400	$515,600
Median gross rent	$2,295	$1,691
Housing units	1,176	1,579
Homeownership rate	38.7%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishkill	Rhinebeck
Population	2,014 → 2,193 (+8.9%)	2,570 → 2,674 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $94,348 (+19.8%)	$64,327 → $75,075 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$214,100 → $280,400 (+31.0%)	$386,200 → $515,600 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,826 → $2,295 (+25.7%)	$1,303 → $1,691 (+29.8%)

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

Rhinebeck

Population

2,5702,674

Median household income

$64,327$75,075

Median home value

$386,200$515,600

Median gross rent

$1,303$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishkill	Rhinebeck
Under 5	4.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	9.3%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	15.3%	19.3%
75 and over	12.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishkill	Rhinebeck
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	77.3%
Black or African American	9.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishkill	Rhinebeck
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	19.7%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishkill	Rhinebeck
Drove alone	75.2%	64.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.5%	8.6%
Walked	5.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	17.8%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishkill	Rhinebeck
1-unit, detached	26.7%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	52.9%	10.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fishkill	Rhinebeck
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.7%
Average household size	1.88	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1976	1964