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Albany, NY

101,220 Population
21.4 square miles 4,729.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 41 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$35,575 ±$3,456 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $46,063 ±$1,021
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$61,390 ±$6,525 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $82,410 ±$1,860
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

21.1% ±4.2% (19,175  ±3,811) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.9% 103,903 (±0.9% / ±8,055)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

19.4 minutes ±1.1 (898,835  ±83,418) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 23.1 9,023,430 (±0.4 / ±252,728)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

44,875 ±2,439 Number of households
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 386,690 ±3,588
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2 ±0.1 (89,831  ±634) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 2.3 868,236 (±0 / ±1,746)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 † 18,954,246 (±71.1 / ±-555,555,600)

2.7% ±1.9% (826  ±574) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 4.2% † 8,861 (±0.7% / ±1,510)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

52,104 ±2,541 Number of housing units
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 424,620 ±773
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$231,500 ±$12,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $284,000 ±$5,797
  • about half the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

15.6% ±3.4% (15,632  ±3,406.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.6% 104,471 (±0.9% / ±8,155.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

92.6% ±5.4% (58,789  ±4,493.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 93.9% 597,257 (±1.9% / ±12,204)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
47.5% ±4.3% (30,141  ±3,094) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 41.3% 262,282 (±1.2% / ±7,881.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

14.3% ±3.2% (14,449  ±3,239) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 8.5% † 76,593 (±5,199.1% / ±4,960)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.1% † 4,517,996 (±,655.3% / ±40,543)

3% ±1.3% (2,632  ±1,134) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 5.7% 41,791 (±0.5% / ±3,512)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
2,632 Total veterans ±1,134 2,294 Male ±915 338 Female ±424

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