Ossining vs Peekskill

A side-by-side comparison of Ossining and Peekskill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ossining has the higher population (26,979 vs 25,484 in Peekskill). Ossining has the higher median household income ($100,997 vs $91,042 in Peekskill). Ossining has the higher median home value ($444,200 vs $376,800 in Peekskill).

Population, income & housing

	Ossining	Peekskill
Population	26,979	25,484
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,997	$91,042
Median home value	$444,200	$376,800
Median gross rent	$2,108	$1,895
Housing units	10,388	11,752
Homeownership rate	53.3%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ossining	Peekskill
Population	25,086 → 26,979 (+7.5%)	24,075 → 25,484 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$70,177 → $100,997 (+43.9%)	$57,206 → $91,042 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$360,300 → $444,200 (+23.3%)	$294,100 → $376,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,639 → $2,108 (+28.6%)	$1,407 → $1,895 (+34.7%)

Ossining

Population

25,08626,979

Median household income

$70,177$100,997

Median home value

$360,300$444,200

Median gross rent

$1,639$2,108

Peekskill

Population

24,07525,484

Median household income

$57,206$91,042

Median home value

$294,100$376,800

Median gross rent

$1,407$1,895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ossining	Peekskill
Under 5	4.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	17.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.8%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ossining	Peekskill
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	31.9%
Black or African American	10.1%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.7%	46.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ossining	Peekskill
No high school diploma	15.4%	13.6%
High school graduate	20.9%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ossining	Peekskill
Drove alone	58.6%	65.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.5%
Public transit	13.6%	10.4%
Walked	2.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	7.8%
Other means	3.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ossining	Peekskill
1-unit, detached	30.1%	32.8%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	10.2%
20 or more units	20.4%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ossining	Peekskill
Poverty rate	8.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	37	40
Median year structure built	1960	1963