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City in New York, United States

Poughkeepsie

$0Median Home
283Sunny Days/yr
62°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 30k· Elev. 203 ftWikipedia

Poughkeepsie is a city in and is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is surrounded by the Town of Poughkeepsie and had a population of 31,577 at the 2020 census, while the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area has an estimated 712,000 residents. Poughkeepsie is in the Hudson Valley region, midway between the core of the New York metropolitan area and the state capital of Albany. It is served by the nearby Hudson Valley Regional Airport and Stewart International Airport in Orange County, New York.Wikipedia

Nickname: The Queen City of the Hudson, PK
About the RegionMid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic corridor — New York City south through Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. — is the densest and most economically complex region in the country. Finance and media anchor New York; government, defense, and federal contracting anchor D.C.; healthcare and universities anchor Philadelphia and Baltimore. This makes the region one of the most recession-resistant labor markets in the U.S., though the same fundamentals push housing costs persistently high.

Philadelphia and Baltimore offer substantially lower costs than either New York or D.C. while sitting on the same high-speed rail line, making them increasingly attractive to remote workers and hybrid commuters. The New Jersey and Delaware suburbs fill in between, providing family-oriented communities within commuting range of multiple cities. The region's density means genuine walkability in most urban cores, strong transit infrastructure, and cultural institutions that rival anywhere on earth.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median Rent
$0
Median Home Price
Rent burden41% of income
Household Income
$54k
Median annual
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Livability

Walk Score
90
Transit Score
41
School Rating
4/10
Internet
No internet coverage data yet.
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Climate

Sunshine
283
sunny days per year
78% of the year
Avg High Temp
62°F
annual average
Humidity
72%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
65/100
Good
Temp Swing
48°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
52"
inches per year
Snowfall
12"
inches per year
Air Quality
41
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population30k
Altitude203 ftabove sea level
Median Age38 yrs
College Educated33%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home8%of workforce

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