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New York·Albany County
30 tracts·100K people·$235K median·4,695/mi²
White 50 · Black 25 · Hispanic 11 · Asian 8 · Multiracial 5 · Other 1
Living alone 44 · Other 32 · Married couple 24
Public admin 38 · Health 28 · Professional 19 · Retail 7 · Manufacturing 4 · Leisure 3 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 47 · Sales · office 22 · Service 20 · Production · transport 8 · Construction · maintenance 3
Drive alone 55 · Carpool 20 · Work from home 12 · Transit 10 · Walk 8 · Bike 1
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Albany is $234,700 (Census ACS) — 0.5× the US median of $458,812.
Albany has 100,492 residents across 29 census tracts and 14 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 32.0; the population is 50.1% White, 24.6% Black, 11.0% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Asian, 5.5% Multiracial and 1.2% Other; the average household has 2.0 people; 45.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 22.9% (Census ACS).
ALBANY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES (63%), MONTESSORI MAGNET SCHOOL (58%) and HENRY JOHNSON CHARTER SCHOOL (51%) lead the elementary schools; NORTH ALBANY ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL (32%), WILLIAM S HACKETT MIDDLE SCHOOL (32%) and STEPHEN AND HARRIET MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL (24%) lead the middle schools; ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL (51%), GREEN TECH HIGH CHARTER SCHOOL (30%) and ALBANY LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (19%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,216/month, 23% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Albany is $61,986 a year, 28% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Albany, median rent is $1,216/month and the median home value is $234,700 (Census ACS).
Albany reported 9.9 violent crimes and 34.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 82°F; winter lows average 20°F; there are 82 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 43 inches; snowfall averages 57 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Albany are landslide (58), ice storm (55) and tornado (47), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.15g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Albany, 8.3% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).