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Albany, NY

101,314 Population
21.4 square miles 4,733.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,687 ±$6,057 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $49,564 ±$1,249
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,231 ±$6,284 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $86,637 ±$2,732
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.7% ±5.2% (18,893  ±4,699) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.1% 97,957 (±0.9% / ±8,174)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.9 minutes ±1.1 (978,755  ±89,470) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 23.7 9,537,765 (±0.4 / ±252,195)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

48,873 ±2,097 Number of households
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 398,349 ±3,253
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
1.8 ±0.1 (88,956  ±414) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 2.2 874,061 (±0 / ±1,002)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±3.3% (1,313  ±1,008) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 5.3% † 11,200 (±0.8% / ±1,794)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

52,788 ±2,342 Number of housing units
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 426,194 ±464
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$258,000 ±$13,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $316,300 ±$6,240
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.7% ±2.9% (14,718  ±2,858.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 10.2% 92,180 (±0.8% / ±6,856.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.3% ±6.1% (63,700  ±5,042.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 93.1% 600,379 (±1.8% / ±12,038.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47.9% ±4.8% (32,697  ±3,592.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 44.4% 286,279 (±1.3% / ±8,126.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

16.8% ±3.1% (17,049  ±3,173) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 8.7% 79,038
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±1.3% (3,915  ±1,215) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 5.3% 39,650 (±0.5% / ±3,413)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,915 Total veterans ±1,215 3,685 Male ±1,160 230 Female ±201

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