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Albany, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $221,100 (it was $97,000 in 2000)
Albany:

$221,100
New York:

$400,400
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $153,500 - $277,100

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $256,783
Here:

$256,783
State:

$476,719

Townhouses or other attached units: $220,712
Here:

$220,712
State:

$699,270

In 2-unit structures: $168,299
Here:

$168,299
State:

$713,077

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $132,675
Here:

$132,675
State:

$764,568

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $220,122
Here:

$220,122
State:

$912,009

Mobile homes: $128,209
Here:

$128,209
State:

$88,925

Total population: 98,566 (Urban population: 95,658, Rural population: 0)

Houses: 50,529 (43,179 occupied: 14,336 owner occupied, 28,843 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

67%
State:

46%

Housing density: 2,364 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $122,623.

Median contract rent in 2022: $914 (lower quartile is $672, upper quartile is $1,210)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $892


Median gross rent in Albany, NY in 2022: $1,042

Housing units in Albany with a mortgage: 9,548 (1,220 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,220 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 893

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $116,923

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $76,990

Median monthly housing costs: $1,129

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Albany, New York Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1944

Median year apartment built: 1954

Household type by relationship:

Households: 100,832
  • Male householders: 21,329 (8,984 living alone), Female householders: 21,850 (9,071 living alone)
  • 10,058 spouses (9,702 opposite-sex spouses), 6,074 unmarried partners, (5,251 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 18,110 children (17,160 natural, 368 adopted, 582 stepchildren), 3,822 grandchildren, 1,045 brothers or sisters, 357 parents, 174 foster children, 663 other relatives, 6,179 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 11,171

Size of family households: 7,395 2-persons, 5,704 3-persons, 2,413 4-persons, 1,070 5-persons, 507 6-persons, 337 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 18,055 1-person, 5,978 2-persons, 1,079 3-persons, 641 4-persons.

5,374 married couples with children.
4,782 single-parent households (1,910 men, 2,872 women).

82.4% of residents of Albany speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 11,756 (11.7%)
(57.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.4
State:

6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.3
State:

3.8

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Albany, New York
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Albany, New York
  • 46no bedroom
  • 8161 bedroom
  • 3,6132 bedrooms
  • 6,6093 bedrooms
  • 2,4724 bedrooms
  • 7805+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Albany, New York
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Albany, New York
  • 863no bedroom
  • 10,4891 bedroom
  • 8,2532 bedrooms
  • 7,8963 bedrooms
  • 1,1524 bedrooms
  • 1905+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Albany in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Albany in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 901no vehicle
  • 6,0261 vehicle
  • 5,7482 vehicles
  • 1,2933 vehicles
  • 614 vehicles
  • 3075+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Albany in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Albany in renter-occupied apartments
  • 10,387no vehicle
  • 11,9371 vehicle
  • 4,0352 vehicles
  • 1,9623 vehicles
  • 5224 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Albany, New York
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Albany, New York
  • 01 room
  • 1562 rooms
  • 6943 rooms
  • 1,2334 rooms
  • 2,5425 rooms
  • 2,9876 rooms
  • 3,1197 rooms
  • 1,5548 rooms
  • 2,0519+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Albany, New York
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Albany, New York
  • 5261 room
  • 2,3232 rooms
  • 6,5163 rooms
  • 6,6134 rooms
  • 3,9935 rooms
  • 5,1596 rooms
  • 2,1537 rooms
  • 4428 rooms
  • 1,1189+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Albany, NY
Albany city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Albany, NY household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Albany, NY in 2022
  • 6,490Less than $10,000
  • 5,853$10,000 to $19,999
  • 3,073$20,000 to $29,999
  • 3,222$30,000 to $39,999
  • 2,645$40,000 to $49,999
  • 2,315$50,000 to $59,999
  • 3,904$60,000 to $74,999
  • 3,702$75,000 to $99,999
  • 4,407$100,000 to $124,999
  • 2,108$125,000 to $149,999
  • 3,335$150,000 to $199,999
  • 2,125$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Albany, NY

  • Distribution of house value in Albany, NY in 2022
  • 618Less than $10,000
  • 60$20,000 to $24,999
  • 44$25,000 to $29,999
  • 43$30,000 to $34,999
  • 55$35,000 to $39,999
  • 322$60,000 to $69,999
  • 288$70,000 to $79,999
  • 238$80,000 to $89,999
  • 391$90,000 to $99,999
  • 587$100,000 to $124,999
  • 708$125,000 to $149,999
  • 1,649$150,000 to $174,999
  • 571$175,000 to $199,999
  • 3,776$200,000 to $249,999
  • 2,589$250,000 to $299,999
  • 1,146$300,000 to $399,999
  • 598$400,000 to $499,999
  • 351$500,000 to $749,999
  • 183$750,000 to $999,999
  • 47$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 72$2,000,000 or more

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Albany, NY

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Albany, NY in 2022
  • 1,608$200 to $249
  • 1,248$250 to $299
  • 687$300 to $349
  • 555$400 to $449
  • 222$450 to $499
  • 327$500 to $549
  • 583$550 to $599
  • 1,211$600 to $649
  • 1,708$650 to $699
  • 1,248$700 to $749
  • 2,024$750 to $799
  • 2,594$800 to $899
  • 2,625$900 to $999
  • 5,884$1,000 to $1,249
  • 2,218$1,250 to $1,499
  • 3,025$1,500 to $1,999
  • 610$2,000 to $2,499
  • 278$2,500 to $2,999
  • 89$3,000 to $3,499
  • 42$3,500 or more
  • 57No cash rent
Work and jobs in Albany: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 79.0%
Number of people working at home: 6,828 (14.0% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 419
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 3,554
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 9,432
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 8,978
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 7,854
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 1,996
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 3,893
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 690
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 1,621
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 474
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 2,115
  • 90 or more minutes: 734
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Albany

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 69,648 (74.8%)
  • Carpooled: 6,873 (7.4%)
  • Bus: 4,795 (5.2%)
  • Subway or elevated rail: 50 (0.1%)
  • Long-distance train or commuter rail: 77 (0.1%)
  • Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 74 (0.1%)
  • Taxi: 1,272 (1.4%)
  • Bicycle: 621 (0.7%)
  • Walked: 3,579 (3.8%)
  • Worked at home: 6,092 (6.5%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 6.1%Males
  • 5.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 26.0%Males
  • 7.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 28.9%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 6.3%Males
  • 4.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 4.6%Males
  • 5.1%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 10.2%Males
  • 9.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 9.5%Males
  • 15.0%Females
Races in Albany detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Albany, New York
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Albany, New York
  • 7,4662010 or later
  • 3,3322000 to 2009
  • 2,3401990 to 1999
  • 1,9971980 to 1989
  • 8251970 to 1979
  • 1,691Before 1970
Ancestries in Albany, NY

First ancestries reported:

  • Irish: 3,847 (8.5%)
  • Italian: 2,697 (6.0%)
  • German: 1,408 (3.1%)
  • English: 1,396 (3.1%)
  • Jamaican: 1,280 (2.8%)
  • American: 1,180 (2.6%)
  • Polish: 798 (1.8%)
  • African: 774 (1.7%)
  • European: 615 (1.4%)
  • Afghan: 502 (1.1%)
  • French Canadian: 463 (1.0%)
  • Guyanese: 418 (0.9%)
  • Ukrainian: 413 (0.9%)
  • Nigerian: 384 (0.9%)
  • Ghanaian: 337 (0.7%)
  • Russian: 328 (0.7%)
  • Senegalese: 299 (0.7%)
  • Haitian: 258 (0.6%)
  • South African: 248 (0.5%)
  • Eastern European: 225 (0.5%)
  • Albanian: 179 (0.4%)
  • Yugoslavian: 170 (0.4%)
  • Welsh: 159 (0.4%)
  • French: 154 (0.3%)
  • Greek: 133 (0.3%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 129 (0.3%)
  • Hungarian: 113 (0.3%)
  • Croatian: 110 (0.2%)
  • Scandinavian: 100 (0.2%)
  • Iraqi: 100 (0.2%)
  • West Indian: 90 (0.2%)
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 89 (0.2%)
  • Syrian: 80 (0.2%)
  • Danish: 72 (0.2%)
  • British: 69 (0.2%)
  • Turkish: 65 (0.1%)
  • German Russian: 64 (0.1%)
  • Scottish: 63 (0.1%)
  • Northern European: 54 (0.1%)
  • Bulgarian: 45 (0.10%)
  • Celtic: 45 (0.10%)
  • Czech: 42 (0.09%)
  • Brazilian: 41 (0.09%)
  • Austrian: 38 (0.08%)
  • Romanian: 36 (0.08%)
  • Swedish: 36 (0.08%)
  • Armenian: 34 (0.08%)
  • Canadian: 33 (0.07%)
  • Belgian: 30 (0.07%)
  • Dutch: 30 (0.07%)
  • Barbadian: 28 (0.06%)
  • Israeli: 24 (0.05%)
  • Portuguese: 21 (0.05%)
  • Egyptian: 21 (0.05%)
  • Finnish: 20 (0.04%)
  • Sudanese: 19 (0.04%)
  • Norwegian: 18 (0.04%)
  • Slovak: 18 (0.04%)
  • British West Indian: 15 (0.03%)
  • Iranian: 8 (0.02%)
  • Serbian: 7 (0.02%)
  • Slovene: 6 (0.01%)
  • Bahamian: 6 (0.01%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Jamaica
Albany:

7.1% (1,041)
New York:

5.0% (227,557)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Albany:

6.5% (949)
New York:

9.1% (410,910)

Guyana
Albany:

6.2% (906)
New York:

3.8% (172,129)

Dominican Republic
Albany:

5.7% (826)
New York:

11.1% (501,040)

Burma (Myanmar)
Albany:

4.4% (640)
New York:

0.4% (16,179)

Philippines
Albany:

4.1% (590)
New York:

2.0% (91,070)

Pakistan
Albany:

3.9% (570)
New York:

1.4% (62,442)

India
Albany:

3.8% (551)
New York:

3.5% (158,432)

Afghanistan
Albany:

3.3% (479)
New York:

0.2% (8,745)

Ecuador
Albany:

2.9% (417)
New York:

3.9% (177,448)

Bangladesh
Albany:

2.5% (359)
New York:

2.6% (117,288)

Tanzania
Albany:

2.4% (352)
New York:

0.0% (1,858)

Canada
Albany:

2.2% (324)
New York:

1.3% (59,107)

Iraq
Albany:

2.0% (288)
New York:

0.1% (6,152)

Nigeria
Albany:

1.9% (283)
New York:

0.7% (33,746)

Ukraine
Albany:

1.9% (277)
New York:

1.7% (78,421)

Korea
Albany:

1.9% (270)
New York:

1.8% (82,786)

Italy
Albany:

1.7% (250)
New York:

1.8% (81,374)

Germany
Albany:

1.7% (242)
New York:

0.9% (38,713)

El Salvador
Albany:

1.6% (240)
New York:

2.4% (108,067)

Ghana
Albany:

1.6% (232)
New York:

0.9% (39,058)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 71,889
  • Other state: 15,698
  • Northeast: 7,281
  • Midwest: 683
  • South: 4,518
  • West: 3,216

76.5% of Albany residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 25.4% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 85.4% lived in New York.


Albany:

76.5%
State average:

89.6%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 784
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 139
  • 5th and 6th grade: 82
  • 7th and 8th grade: 695
  • 9th grade: 390
  • 10th grade: 394
  • 11th grade: 456
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 882
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,728
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,591
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,118
  • Associate degree: 2,249
  • Bachelor's degree: 7,280
  • Master's degree: 2,430
  • Professional school degree: 701
  • Doctorate degree: 839
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 85
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 169
  • 7th and 8th grade: 44
  • 9th grade: 93
  • 10th grade: 240
  • 11th grade: 444
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,258
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,240
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,612
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,396
  • Associate degree: 3,535
  • Bachelor's degree: 7,281
  • Master's degree: 4,312
  • Professional school degree: 617
  • Doctorate degree: 267
Educational Attainment for Females
Albany marital status for males
Albany marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 12,550
  • One, attached: 3,120
  • Two: 14,799
  • 3 or 4: 6,745
  • 5 to 9: 4,665
  • 10 to 19: 2,542
  • 20 to 49: 1,818
  • 50 or more: 4,152
  • Mobile homes: 138
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.8%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.5%

House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago

Renter moved in on average 3 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Albany
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Albany, NY
  • 81.0%Utility gas
  • 13.5%Electricity
  • 2.8%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.4%Other fuel
  • 0.4%Wood
  • 0.3%No fuel used
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Albany, NY
  • 51.9%Utility gas
  • 41.4%Electricity
  • 2.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.5%Other fuel
  • 1.1%No fuel used

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 615
Here:

10.0%
New York:

15.6%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 428
Here:

12.5%
New York:

15.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,924
Here:

20.2%
New York:

39.2%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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