Peekskill is a medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 25,514 people and five associated neighborhoods, Peekskill is the 69th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Peekskill was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Of important note, Peekskill is also a city of artists. Peekskill has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Peekskill’s character.

Also of interest is that Peekskill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.33% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Peekskill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.64 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Peekskill is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the train helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Peekskill area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

The population of Peekskill is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.07% of adults in Peekskill have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Peekskill in 2022 was $46,211, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $184,844 for a family of four. However, Peekskill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Peekskill is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Peekskill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Peekskill, accounting for 41.25% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Peekskill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Peekskill include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Jamaican.

In addition, Peekskill has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (26.98%).

The most common language spoken in Peekskill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.