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Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area

899,286 Population
2,811.8 square miles 319.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,527 ±$900 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$78,272 ±$1,948 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

11.5% ±1% (100,022  ±8,603) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

23 minutes ±0.6 (8,059,965  ±285,409) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

378,258 ±4,293 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.3 ±0 (865,514  ±2,753) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.5% ±1% (9,426  ±1,988) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

419,705 ±1,224 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$243,000 ±$4,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12.4% ±1.1% (109,957  ±9,561.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

92.9% ±1.9% (587,383  ±11,878.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
40.6% ±1.2% (256,910  ±7,850.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

9.4% ±0.8% (80,568  ±6,543.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 30% 5,620,470 (±0.2% / ±44,697.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

7.8% ±0.6% (70,007  ±5,236) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.9% ±0.5% (42,820  ±3,293) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
42,820 Total veterans ±3,293 39,933 Male ±3,056 2,887 Female ±893

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