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Albany, NY

100,832 Population
21.4 square miles 4,711 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$32,078 ±$2,955 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $46,752 ±$1,425
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
$51,386 ±$8,409 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $80,970 ±$2,119
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722

30.3% ±5.4% (27,394  ±4,877) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 11.1% 96,439 (±1% / ±8,854)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)

19.3 minutes ±0.8 (846,675  ±46,282) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 23.4 9,279,570 (±0.2 / ±129,568)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

43,179 ±2,091 Number of households
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 379,968 ±3,618
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
2.1 ±0.1 (89,661  ±284) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 2.3 868,030 (±0 / ±695)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,062,964

2.7% ±2% (819  ±596) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 4.8% † 10,141 (±0.9% / ±1,878)
  • about half the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)

Housing

50,529 ±2,260 Number of housing units
  • the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 422,241 ±324
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494

$221,100 ±$10,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: $269,600 ±$4,893
  • about half the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138

23.7% ±4.9% (23,680  ±4,889.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 13.2% 117,987 (±1% / ±8,618.7)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)

Social

90% ±4.9% (55,196  ±3,942.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 93.3% 590,386 (±1.8% / ±11,769.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
38.7% ±3.9% (23,727  ±2,636.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 41.3% 260,996 (±1.2% / ±7,920.1)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)

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

11.7% ±2.5% (11,756  ±2,519) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 8% 72,064
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.7% 4,459,752

3.8% ±1.1% (3,216  ±974) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area: 5.5% 40,150 (±0.4% / ±2,627)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
3,216 Total veterans ±974 3,092 Male ±958 124 Female ±149

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