Best PlacesFishkill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fishkill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fishkill ranks 5,902nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fishkill
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fishkill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fishkill ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
Where Fishkill ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fishkill
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fishkill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $107,907; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fishkill's effective rate of 1.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fishkill
Fishkill runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fishkill.
Who works in Fishkill, and how
Work in Fishkill centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Fishkill
Fishkill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fishkill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fishkill, month by month
Fishkill sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Fishkill
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fishkill
Schools across Fishkill average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brinckerhoff Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Haldane Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Fishkill Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rombout Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Van Wyck Junior High SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Wappingers Junior High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Haldane High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- John Jay Senior High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
- Beacon High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fishkill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fishkill measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fishkill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fishkill
Is Fishkill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fishkill ranks 5,902nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, good schools, and transit, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fishkill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $401,156. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $107,907 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Fishkill safe?
Yes, Fishkill is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Fishkill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fishkill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fishkill represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fishkill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fishkill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fishkill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fishkill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fishkill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fishkill detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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